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Why do so many women write fantasy novels? (thelemmy.club)
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I was going through "fantasy books" on amazon and was surprised to see that most of them are written by women, and the ratio is not even close. I was kind of expecting the opposite.

Does anyone know why this might be the case?

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[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 6 points 3 months ago

Because women are treated as equals and taken seriously in fantasy