The Causes and Social Significance of Gender Diversity in Fan Fictions

Qing Chen, Manyao Yang

2025

Abstract

In recent years, there has been much gender diversity in the fan fiction. This phenomenon has received widespread attention, but there is still a lack of understanding of why authors create peers with gender diversity and the social sense of these works. This paper observes and sums up the social response to the author's writing works, combines with the interview method, and analyzes the reasons for the author's creation with gender diversity factors. After analysis, this paper believes that the author created these in fan fiction for multiple reasons: they are to meet their sexual needs and against gender stereotypes, but also convey the "character will not change by gender change" concept and accept the idea of gender equality and gender diversity, breaking the traditional gender norms, spread the support of gender equality and gender diversity.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Chen Q. and Yang M. (2025). The Causes and Social Significance of Gender Diversity in Fan Fictions. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Innovative Education and Social Development - Volume 1: IESD; ISBN 978-989-758-779-5, SciTePress, pages 519-523. DOI: 10.5220/0014001900004912

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iesd25,
author={Qing Chen and Manyao Yang},
title={The Causes and Social Significance of Gender Diversity in Fan Fictions},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Innovative Education and Social Development - Volume 1: IESD},
year={2025},
pages={519-523},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0014001900004912},
isbn={978-989-758-779-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Innovative Education and Social Development - Volume 1: IESD
TI - The Causes and Social Significance of Gender Diversity in Fan Fictions
SN - 978-989-758-779-5
AU - Chen Q.
AU - Yang M.
PY - 2025
SP - 519
EP - 523
DO - 10.5220/0014001900004912
PB - SciTePress