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Originally Posted by shadyJ
Poppy Z Brite is another famous horror author(ess).
One thing to consider is that women statistically may not be predisposed to horror (of course there are exceptions) as much as men. What if they simply have a stronger aversion to horror as a basic psychological predilection? If so, it will never be a genre where there is a parity of women voices to men. If that is the case, women will never be portrayed fairly in horror. It could be that simple.
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I think there might be some truth in that (and I say that as a woman who loves horror) - but in my own experience (and that is of course ONLY my experience), for a lot of woman, being a horror fan is just not "feminine", and I suspect that that is the main reason why we don't see any more woman in horror - more than a psychological thing.
Both genders have things they just don't do (in general) - men probably a bit more than woman, but we certainly have them too. Those things that we just can't do, because we wouldn't be "real men" or "real woman".
These ideas are supported by the reactions that we get from others when we break those unwritten rules - and those reactions come from both our own gender and from the opposite.
For example, I as a horror fan have often been judged by other woman. But it's also my experience that being a female horror fan scares off a lot of guys.
The thing is, I could mention a few things that would cause the same reactions for a man - from other men as well as from woman. I really, honestly don't think it's
mysogyny, it's not just something that affects woman - we just tend to focus more on it when it does.
It's a difficult balance, though - because one thing is equality, but I really don't agree with the view that the two genders are
the same - even though that's a very popular idea right now, and something that I actually used to agree with.