I wouldn't be surprised if the majority (i.e. >50%) of slashers in Fandom were Straight Females.
But in my corner of fandom, there have always seemed to be way too many non-straight and/or non-females for me to consider slasher = straight female. So that myth has always annoyed me like whoa.
I did another poll in 2009 (DW/IJ polls), phrasing the poll question as "Do you self-identify as a 100% heterosexual woman?". Currently (09:23 CET, 17-01-2010) only 6.5% (=3 voters) identify as 100% heterosexual women - the rest identify as not 100% heterosexual and/or not as women.
Again, I think the high number of non-100%-heterosexual-women is indicative of my corner of fandom, but at the same time I also think it adds validity to questioning the myth of slashers being Straight Women as default.
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But in my corner of fandom, there have always seemed to be way too many non-straight and/or non-females for me to consider slasher = straight female. So that myth has always annoyed me like whoa.
I did another poll in 2009 (DW/IJ polls), phrasing the poll question as "Do you self-identify as a 100% heterosexual woman?". Currently (09:23 CET, 17-01-2010) only 6.5% (=3 voters) identify as 100% heterosexual women - the rest identify as not 100% heterosexual and/or not as women.
Again, I think the high number of non-100%-heterosexual-women is indicative of my corner of fandom, but at the same time I also think it adds validity to questioning the myth of slashers being Straight Women as default.