What's with male fiction writers?

[mucholderthandirt]

22. I don't believe this is a valid observation.

Writing has typically been male, and almost completely cis white males. I believe we're just seeing an equalization of the field being more open to females, POC, a varied gender scale. Especially since self publishing has made is possible to bypass the traditional publishing path, which tended to self-regulate to exclude most of those "other" writers.

Also, more women are working in publishing as editors, agents and other roles than they ever could have hoped for, which is another hot spot. Women are leaving men out, choosing other women, minorities and so on, and it's just not fair, some men claim.

This has been a topic in the writing world for a long time. Mostly it seems to be started by male writers who believe people of less value are being allowed to publish books, pushing them out. But, readers are not a finite resource. More are being born everyday, and markets are opening up (thanks mostly to smart phones being more widely available at a lower cost) that we never dreamed of reaching.

I'm on the front line of self publishing, though I also follow some trad pub stuff. I see this kind of attitude almost daily, on both paths. It seems to follow along with the increasing vocal protests of incel men, and the MAGA movement. It's not safe anywhere, unless you are a cis white male, especially claiming to be Christian. Everyone is out to get them, and my guess is the turnout for Trump is the signal for them to become even worse.