Author Topic: Gender of K-Con cosplayers? (Read 9806 times)

YouLikeRice · « **on:** July 13, 2009, 08:37:44 pm »

Just curious, I wanted to know the percentages/ratio of males to females that cosplay at Kumoricon. Yup yup yup. So vote in the poll and post a comment if you want.

I'm male, by the way.

iluvshijimi · « **Reply #1 on:** July 13, 2009, 08:47:09 pm »

Hmm, this is pretty interesting, but you already know a great majority of cosplayers are female, right? :P

Jacob_Blackfeather · « **Reply #2 on:** July 13, 2009, 08:57:47 pm »

yes that is quite true alot of girls cosplay more then men but I think it makes it nice to have men in cosplay however even if there is only is a small mijority.

YouLikeRice · « **Reply #3 on:** July 13, 2009, 09:08:38 pm »

Quote from: iluvshijimi on July 13, 2009, 08:47:09 pm

Hmm, this is pretty interesting, but you already know a great majority of cosplayers are female, right?

Oh yeah, I know. I just wanted the ration of how many males are there to females. Maybe 1 in 5? Or 1 in 3? Or possible 1 in 10? Me and my friend were arguing about this and I was like, "1 in 3." And she was like, "No, 1 in 5." So I decided to do a poll on the Kumoricon forums. I know it won't represent everyone who is planning to go to Kumoricon, but at least it's better than nothing.

Quote from: Jacob_Blackfeather on July 13, 2009, 08:57:47 pm

yes that is quite true alot of girls cosplay more then men but I think it makes it nice to have men in cosplay however even if there is only is a small mijority.

Yep, it's nice to have both genders cosplay. It gives off a wide variety and it's more fun, in my opinion.

Jacob_Blackfeather · « **Reply #4 on:** July 13, 2009, 09:09:54 pm »

It is it makes it way better because if it were a group of just girls it would make me so sad.

Man of the Public · « **Reply #5 on:** July 13, 2009, 09:12:52 pm »

Well on the forums there are more female than male cosplayers.
But at the con it's about 1.5 females : 1 males.

Jacob_Blackfeather · « **Reply #6 on:** July 13, 2009, 09:13:43 pm »

yeah it's about 1:5 it's what I have seen.

YouLikeRice · « **Reply #7 on:** July 13, 2009, 09:20:34 pm »

Quote from: Man of the Public on July 13, 2009, 09:12:52 pm

Well on the forums there are more female than male cosplayers.
But at the con it's about 1.5 females : 1 males.

Cool. A new ratio. That's neither my ratio or my friend.

Quote from: Jacob_Blackfeather on July 13, 2009, 09:13:43 pm

yeah it's about 1:5 it's what I have seen.

Ah, so approximately in six cosplayers who attend Kumoricon, one of em would be male. I can see that.

Jacob_Blackfeather · « **Reply #8 on:** July 13, 2009, 09:21:14 pm »

yeah saddly.

DemonSpawn · « **Reply #9 on:** July 13, 2009, 10:26:53 pm »

Sometimes its so hard to tell! XD

nekovamp13 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 13, 2009, 10:44:56 pm »

And the majority of female cosplayers cosplay as male characters!

Hazuza · « **Reply #11 on:** July 13, 2009, 10:53:40 pm »

Annnnnnnnd the crossplayers come and screw up the stats 8D!

Quote from: nekovamp13 on July 13, 2009, 10:44:56 pm

And the majority of female cosplayers cosplay as male characters!

Heh. It might be close, but I have to agree.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #12 on:** July 13, 2009, 11:05:55 pm »

There is going to be a lot more girls than there are boys. It always seems to work out that way

nekovamp13 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 13, 2009, 11:11:57 pm »

Because girls just love to dress up and show their stuff!

Now, an interesting poll would be the age rang of cosplayers...

Hazuza · « **Reply #14 on:** July 13, 2009, 11:43:50 pm »

Quote from: nekovamp13 on July 13, 2009, 11:11:57 pm

Because girls just love to dress up and show their stuff!

Now, an interesting poll would be the age rang of cosplayers...

do it.

Jacob_Blackfeather · « **Reply #15 on:** July 13, 2009, 11:49:37 pm »

Yeah ^^

~boogiepop~ · « **Reply #16 on:** July 14, 2009, 06:48:42 am »

I am fairly certain I have an xx chromosomes.

Jacob_Blackfeather · « **Reply #17 on:** July 14, 2009, 07:23:44 am »

princessmoon · « **Reply #18 on:** July 14, 2009, 08:24:30 am »

I won't give a lecture on biased statistics.....

hehe.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #19 on:** July 14, 2009, 09:14:56 am »

Quote from: nekovamp13 on July 13, 2009, 11:11:57 pm

Because girls just love to dress up and show their stuff!

Now, an interesting poll would be the age rang of cosplayers...

That would be interesting....I would say it is mainly girls ages 14 to 17 *nods*

Jacob_Blackfeather · « **Reply #20 on:** July 14, 2009, 09:15:59 am »

I would have to say it's around there.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #21 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:30:38 am »

I knew, before I even voted or saw the results, that this was going to be a very imbalanced ratio, and I was right, haha. I've definitely observed cosplay as a female-dominated activity. I do it, and I'm male, but yeah, women run the show if you ask me.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #22 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:44:47 am »

I knew there would be too. I have been to enough cons and seen enough pictures online to be able to tell easily.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #23 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:55:44 am »

You're a psych major, Nikki. Tell us, why is cosplaying dominated by women?

nikkiolie · « **Reply #24 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:58:36 am »

I would say the attention...also roles that we learned growing up. for girls it was ok to play dress up but not for guys.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #25 on:** July 14, 2009, 11:00:03 am »

Yeah, that is interesting, being able to see the obvious results of those attitudes developed in childhood.

Chandra Nalaar · « **Reply #26 on:** July 14, 2009, 12:29:39 pm »

And this is what happens when you design your characters like that, Square-Enix!

... Yes, obvious male is obvious. And to think at least two of my cosplays have a very heavy shoujo demographic.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #27 on:** July 14, 2009, 01:19:08 pm »

haha, Square-Enix with their wonderfully androgynous-effeminate character designs?

Mei Long · « **Reply #28 on:** July 14, 2009, 01:23:33 pm »

I just thought of somethin' - what about (but nearly impossible to gather since cosplays change frequently) the gender of cosplayer vs. the gender of the character cosplayed. If the gender of character was looked at would the proverbial scales be more balanced?

After all, Square-Enix does love it's male leads, no matter how effeminate they may be.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #29 on:** July 14, 2009, 01:26:05 pm »

Hmm, interesting idea. I think in that respect, there are definitely more male characters cosplayed than female characters. Crossplay is almost like...one in three female cosplayers.

DemonSpawn · « **Reply #30 on:** July 14, 2009, 04:02:36 pm »

I can't bring myself to crossplay yet. I'll probably get there eventually. But so far I've stuck with female characters.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #31 on:** July 14, 2009, 04:52:57 pm »

Quote from: Mei Long on July 14, 2009, 01:23:33 pm

I just thought of somethin' - what about (but nearly impossible to gather since cosplays change frequently) the gender of cosplayer vs. the gender of the character cosplayed. If the gender of character was looked at would the proverbial scales be more balanced?

After all, Square-Enix does love it's male leads, no matter how effeminate they may be.

I cosplay way more males than I do females. I have three females I've done and...six males, so double the amount of female cosplays

YouLikeRice · « **Reply #32 on:** July 14, 2009, 04:54:31 pm »

Quote from: EveofAbyss on July 14, 2009, 01:26:05 pm

Hmm, interesting idea. I think in that respect, there are definitely more male characters cosplayed than female characters. Crossplay is almost like...one in three female cosplayers.

XD. Yay. Another ratio to a different problem. Maybe someone should start this poll up?

Quote from: nikkiolie on July 14, 2009, 10:58:36 am

I would say the attention...also roles that we learned growing up. for girls it was ok to play dress up but not for guys.

Are you really going into psych major? That's pretty cool. And that would be a good reason why more females cosplay than males.

Though from where it stands. The ratio at the moment is 8:28 or approximately for every 4.5 cosplayers, there would be 1 male. I also think an age poll would be nice with genders included, maybe someone should start that.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #33 on:** July 14, 2009, 04:56:02 pm »

Yeah I am a psych major. My last year will start in September then I will have my bachelors and I will go to work to make money so I can get my masters

Hentai Cupcake · « **Reply #34 on:** July 14, 2009, 07:43:03 pm »

There is far more females that cosplay than males, yet many males will complain about how hard it is to find a girl to date who is into anime and cosplay hehe. Alot of that might have to do with geeky people being generally shy about the opposite sex thou. Probably also depends on where ya live.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #35 on:** July 14, 2009, 07:51:50 pm »

about that....I find that there is some issues with guys and knowing how to approach girls. Most of the time they come off too strong and that can scare the girls away

Griff_the_dragoon · « **Reply #36 on:** July 14, 2009, 09:20:40 pm »

OMG I am only one of ten...

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #37 on:** July 14, 2009, 09:22:15 pm »

Man club, right here. *whoot* ^_^

princessmoon · « **Reply #38 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:53:52 pm »

LOL. u guys are funny~

maybe more females visit the forums ~~that~~ than males...

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #39 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:55:19 pm »

I think it's just a completely accurate depiction of the con attendance in general, heh.

Jacob_Blackfeather · « **Reply #40 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:56:43 pm »

that's is qute true.

princessmoon · « **Reply #41 on:** July 14, 2009, 11:00:10 pm »

LOL. only 41 cosplayers this year... so sad! LOL.

Jacob_Blackfeather · « **Reply #42 on:** July 14, 2009, 11:01:49 pm »

wow that is sad.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #43 on:** July 14, 2009, 11:03:10 pm »

lol, I didn't mean this was all there was to Kumoricon, I meant it is a seemingly accurate representation of the statistics.

Jacob_Blackfeather · « **Reply #44 on:** July 14, 2009, 11:05:33 pm »

True.

princessmoon · « **Reply #45 on:** July 14, 2009, 11:09:20 pm »

I know. I was kidding!

BUT! How do ya know it's accurate? :3

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #46 on:** July 14, 2009, 11:11:10 pm »

It just seems to keep with what I've observed in my three years of Kumoricon.

YouLikeRice · « **Reply #47 on:** July 14, 2009, 11:12:48 pm »

Quote from: princessmoon on July 14, 2009, 11:00:10 pm

LOL. only 41 cosplayers this year... so sad! LOL.

LOL. This made me laugh. If it actually came true and only 41 cosplayers showed up to Kumoricon, then it would be a pretty lonely convention.

Quote from: EveofAbyss on July 14, 2009, 11:03:10 pm

lol, I didn't mean this was all there was to Kumoricon, I meant it is a seemingly accurate representation of the statistics.

XD. Man club. Sounds funny. Yeah, this seems like a pretty accurate representation of Kumoricon attendees.

princessmoon · « **Reply #48 on:** July 14, 2009, 11:14:37 pm »

Hmmm.........

Hmmmmmm......

Can I trust your observations, Monsieur? LOL. Just kidding! It sounds about right. I don't really pay attention to any cosplayer's gender 'cause sometimes... I just can't tell if they're male/female.

Although...sometimes, it's downright obvious! LOL!

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #49 on:** July 14, 2009, 11:15:36 pm »

heh, I've rarely been fooled, it's just something I tend to notice or pay attention to, I guess, lol.

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