Which Gender Prefers Fantasy...Girls or Guys?

[Sapphire_Flame]

Sindafalathiel, I am so glad to know there is another like me out there! Fangirls who only like LotR because of Legolas get so irritating after a while!

Well, to the topic: I think that (generally, mind) girls are more into fantasy. But, just from my own observation, they tend to like the softer side of the genre (i.e. fairies, elves, unicorns, etc.). Boys, I think, can be into fantasy as well, but more for the war-like aspects (Helm's Deep, to give a Rings example) and action. But then, well, I'm in the library at my school writing this, and at the tables behind my are quite a few groups of guys playing TCG games like Magic. So, the gender line in fantasy seems to split fairly evenly (50/50), but for sci-fi, I think boys have the majority.

In reference to what I said about girls liking the softer side of fantasy (in most cases), I must bring up the fact that I'm something of an inconsistancy: I've *never* liked light fantasy, give me fighting and lots of it. I have a tremendous fondness for the Bad Guys, and I love dragons, fire, doom, destruction, etc. So, how weird am I?

[ January 09, 2003: Message edited by: Sapphire_Flame ]