Ditto. My sister and I call each other "dude" all the time. It's actually kind of funny.Stoic wrote: I refer to people whom I have a deep respect for as Dude. that includes women. So If I do just means I am interested in bringing you into my sick twisted circle.
Anyway, I've wondered a bit about that... I would lean toward the technical aspect being a major factor in it. Because as for fannishness and time put into a project, there are other fields that are just as involved on those two fronts. For example, as far as I've seen, the fanfiction arena is predominantly female. And that takes a lot of fannishness, and (if the story is long) a lot of time as well.
This is complete guessing: maybe there's a magnet factor going, too - people are often drawn in by people who are already in the community, or by the videos already out there.
On the record, although most anime fans I know come from this site/board, the other board I visited for a while was also predominantly male. Though then, that had a magnet effect - when I tried to start up topics about shoujo series, they tended to die from lack of interest.
*shrugs* I'd bet it's a combination of things.