“But it’s the term mage that made it a male dominated list!” they cried.

Ed McDonald runs an experiment that exposes bias toward male characters. We’ve heard this before…and it still rings true to this author.

2 thoughts on ““But it’s the term mage that made it a male dominated list!” they cried.

  1. Despite my focus on having each of my books pass the Bechdel and Mako Mori tests, even I’ve realized that overall I have more male than female characters. Internalized bias is a bitch. :-/

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