why the bronies are more males?

[DaliaMarina 46]

why the bronies are more males?

[Positively Pinkie 109]

I blame the internet.

 

Bronies as we know it is an internet phenomenon.

[1111 1,284]

Because brony means a man who watches my little pony and most bronys are men, except for some of the women who call them selfs bronys too which is fine by me.

[Fluttershyfan94 5,744]

I think it's because at first the word brony referred to male fans of the show. Now the word means to most a fan of the show. Not male or female, so I guess that's the reason. May also be that females simply have less interest in joining the fandom or are in it but don't take as much part in it.

[Positively Pinkie 109]

It's actually funny to think that I know more female Game of Thrones fans than female MLP fans.

[DaliaMarina 46]

so if a brony is a male a female is a pegasiter right?

[Positively Pinkie 109]

so if a brony is a male a female is a pegasiter right?

Eh, it matters little.

 

"Pegasister" or "female brony", it's all the same for me.

 

I have met pegasisters online, but they are vastly in the minority at the paces I've come by.

[PlunderSteed 1,252]

Bronydom came from 4chan, which is overwhelmingly male (due to its heavy emphasis on pranks, porn, shit-talking, gore threads and other things that are heavily male-centric).  Since the early fandom was mostly male, it continued to cater to male interests as it grew.  Most of the content generators were male, and it cranked out lots of stuff that appealed to males.

 

In the years since then, the gender ratio has evened out quite a bit, but is still primarily male.  The brony census project has demonstrated this trend over the past couple years, and at the current rate, the fandom might be 50/50 in the next 5 years or so.

[Pineapple Bloom 511]

I have no idea... a surprisingly small percentage of MLP fans outside the targeted age are female. It makes me feel so out of place in this fandom because I'm a teenage girl.

[Justin_Case001 4,908]

Well, I'm going to take a stab at a more complex, thorough answer.

 

I believe it's rooted in society's dislike of effeminate males.  It's much more acceptable for females to be masuline than vice versa.  Women can dress however they want.  Girls are encouraged from a young age to be anything they want and "fight the power", so to speak.  If a girl want to go into a male-dominated career field, she's thought to be heroic.  If a boy wants to play with dolls or wear a dress, he's thought to be weak or gay.  (In cases like that, "gay" is being used as an insult, so it's wrong on multiple levels.)  It's still less acceptable for men to be stay-at-home dads, although that's getting better.  Women have more freedom to branch oustide of their traditional gender roles.  The same is more frowned upon for males.  It's more taboo.  It's this backwards, asinine way of thinking that has led many boys and men to grow up with a supressed feminine side that is stifled.  Thus, many males (like me), can become frustrated and confused, wishing they could have more freedom to express this side without judgement.  So when a phenomenon like bronydom started, it was very attractive to boys and men wishing to embrace this side of themselves.  The sense of rebellion was also very appealing.  The same sense of rebellion is not present for a female watching Batman the Animate Series or something.  Therefore, girls and women may not have felt the same desire, the same powerful motivation to want to get invovled in this fandom.  They didn't feel as stifled, needing something like this to help them embrace another side to themselves.  Of course, since I'm male, I can only speculate how females feel.  But this is how I felt about the show.  That's my two bits.  Hope it explains it a little.

[JonasDarkmane 19,790]

Because I think it is more exciting to be a man and watch a show intended for little girls.... I don't know. This is all highly subjective. 

[Envy 6,274]

It's simple, the Brony fad (yes, I'm going to call it that, because that's exactly what it was like in the beginning) popped up among forums and other online communities that were predominately male. There are plenty of teenage/adult women that are into MLP, they just mostly belong to non-Brony MLP communities (like the toy collector ones) that existed long before the Brony phenomenon.

[Jackie Snack 1,498]

It's simple, the Brony fad (yes, I'm going to call it that, because that's exactly what it was like in the beginning) popped up among forums and other online communities that were predominately male. There are plenty of teenage/adult women that are into MLP, they just mostly belong to non-Brony MLP communities (like the toy collector ones) that existed long before the Brony phenomenon.

I'd like to further this one along. There is an actual toy site called MLPArena that is very active and involves fans mainly from previous generations of the show, mostly female. There are some sites where the divide is even, but it's almost always a site that isn't only about MLP.

 

And on my own accord, without referencing the quote... people still call themselves bronies?

[cider float 2,539]

Eh, it matters little.

 

"Pegasister" or "female brony", it's all the same for me.

 

I have met pegasisters online, but they are vastly in the minority at the paces I've come by.

I don't know why girls want to be a bro. All they do is fart and drink beer

[Pastel 7,630]

It's a good question, because honestly I don't see why women wouldn't like the show.

I assume it's because it's a show best known on the Internet: on forums and sites like 4chan where there's more males than females.

[Vemillia Nightshade 2,247]

Well, I'm going to take a stab at a more complex, thorough answer.

 

I believe it's rooted in society's dislike of effeminate males.  It's much more acceptable for females to be masuline than vice versa.  Women can dress however they want.  Girls are encouraged from a young age to be anything they want and "fight the power", so to speak.  If a girl want to go into a male-dominated career field, she's thought to be heroic.  If a boy wants to play with dolls or wear a dress, he's thought to be weak or gay.  (In cases like that, "gay" is being used as an insult, so it's wrong on multiple levels.)  It's still less acceptable for men to be stay-at-home dads, although that's getting better.  Women have more freedom to branch oustide of their traditional gender roles.  The same is more frowned upon for males.  It's more taboo.  It's this backwards, asinine way of thinking that has led many boys and men to grow up with a supressed feminine side that is stifled.  Thus, many males (like me), can become frustrated and confused, wishing they could have more freedom to express this side without judgement.  So when a phenomenon like bronydom started, it was very attractive to boys and men wishing to embrace this side of themselves.  The sense of rebellion was also very appealing.  The same sense of rebellion is not present for a female watching Batman the Animate Series or something.  Therefore, girls and women may not have felt the same desire, the same powerful motivation to want to get invovled in this fandom.  They didn't feel as stifled, needing something like this to help them embrace another side to themselves.  Of course, since I'm male, I can only speculate how females feel.  But this is how I felt about the show.  That's my two bits.  Hope it explains it a little.

 

Actually, I really like this answer. If you do think about it, males are socially chastised for expressing feminine tendencies. This by far the opposite with females. I could defiantly see being a brony as an outlet for a suppressed feminine side in males. I'll openly admit that I've become more openly feminine myself once I join the fandom. I initially thought I was a stright forward guy, due to stereotypes as a kid. But I've discovered more about myself as I grew up and became part of the now big phenomenon that is in MLP FiM. This maybe what is driving more males to accept the bronydom. The marked 'haters' could essentially be males that choose to keep to the belief that being a fan makes you 'weak and gay'. Which, sadly, in some stand point holds true.

[zombienixon 331]

Because we're naturally repellent to women.

[Sugar Pea 2,682]

Well...they ARE "bro"nies. lol

Well, I want to guess that this is just one of those things where men want to break out of their spheres and say, "Hey, men can watch ponies too!", thus defeating the stereotype that men can not like girly things.
I used to think this was pretty unusual before getting into MLP, anyways, but when I watched the show I started to understand why.


I believe 4Chan started this, but opened up a can of worms instead (in a good way this time).
 

[Wicked Funky 2,955]

 

I have no idea... Im guessing its because it's a bit more diffrent for older males to watch a "little girls show" then girls. So they are kind of drawn to it more...

Edited May 16, 2015 by Lemon Stripe

[Gestum 2,493]

Maybe more males then females like the show? That's the only explanation I can think of.

[CandyStrike 603]

The term brony is from a crowd that is predominately male and is focused on the FiM show.  If we take all fans of My Little Pony I doubt it would be a majority of guys.  A lot of pony fans are from before FiM and they hang out in different spaces, like the MLPArena.

[The Awesome One 1,315]

I guess that since this whole fandom is an internet oriented one. Maybe it's because males are more common on the internet than females where you will usually find My Little Pony related things which would make you curious enough to give the show a try and become a Brony.

[They call me Loyalty 1,951]

De-sensibilisation is focused on the masculine gender, in paternalistic societies, many times under roles such as "manly stereotypes" Such behaviour acts like a psychological shield, taking us away from ourselves and others, as it's seen with the harmful and violent aspects of today's society.

If you can't rescue the feminine side within you, despite your gender, you're not more brave than a boulder. So you end up hiding inside an aggressive facade.

Despite our gender and apparent differences, we share the very same life inside of us. So why do we keep fighting against each other?

The answer is fear, lack of love. The more we enclose ourselves in harmful personalities, the less love there is. This does fracture humanity as whole, and it's one the main reason why many starseeds are being born on Earth.

[Guest]

You know this is a good question and one that's floated around my mind since the day I joined these forums.... When I first watched an episode of the show. I was laughing so hard on the inside when a friend of mine told be what bronies were at the time being. It was the weirdest thing to me to hear guys were watching a show like this... I wanted a laugh thus decided to watch an episode. So after watching it I honestly rather enjoyed it to my surprise. It just simply brought me back to the earlier days of when I had awesome cartoons to watch as a kid. Simply due to the fact the show had a great story to it, memorable characters and tons of humor. 

 

It's as simple as that, I don't view this cartoon any differently then Courage the Cowardly Dog or other cartoons of that time I used to love. Rather it was like a breath of fresh air in a time when there was hardly any cartoon shows worth watching (in my opinion). Heck just because I am older, doesn't mean I don't still enjoy cartoons... put some Tom & Jerry on any day and I will throw out the laughs xD.

 

Why do mostly males like the show? I am guess because it's just it is actually something decent to watch just like so many others could agree with me on that.

[cider float 2,539]

Men are generally  more vocal about what they like and express it more. Women only wait until someone else expresses interest on subjects they like and then join in. Women care too much about their public image.