Since we are talking about diversity all the time, I think we definitely need more male members in this community, and I have to agree with @MarsX, Episode should come up with a featured story in which you can at least choose the gender of the MC. I don’t really understand why they are not doing it because it would not only encourage more people to join, but would be refreshing for the existing readers as well. I know quite a few female readers who love stories from a male’s perspective, and I’m also one of them.
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not sure how this is relevant to social justice warriors. having a choose your gender would literally bring more profit because then more males would be willing to read that story and more people in general might wanna read the story again because theyd want to see what its like from the other genders perspective. but i digress. i dont think its too much to ask from the company for one (1) choose your gender story or to have slightly more male mcs and authors in the limelight (no pun intended)
profit comes first but being a company is also about keeping your consumers happy. if they arent happy then you wont have as good of a profit as you could have.
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Some males do not really write stories, so they don’t use their creative side of their brain. I do think males have the potential to write stories and creative with their writing, but some simply do not write 
I don’t know the answer as to why they don’t… But, there are a lack of males authors within the Episode platform. I think it’s safe to assume that the Episode platform is only for females so to speak, therefore, males do not think the Episode platform is necessarily “for them.” I could be wrong, but that is what I think.
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There’s nothing wrong with a male being a part of the Episode community, but I think some of them don’t know about Episode’s existence. So therefore, there’s a lack of male authors. I think…
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episode is marketed towards women, understandably so. and sadly a lot of men are turned off from all things that could possibly be categorized as feminine. so if they know about it then many of them wont download the app. so thats a big reason why. personally, i downloaded the app thinking all the episode written stories were choose your gender because that seems to make the most sense. but apparently not lol. if i wouldve known those stories are only female mcs, i didnt know about the writing community then, so i wouldnt have downloaded the app. but regardless, theres still a handful of males on here and episode should be more open to demographics that arent their main one. if their demographic is only straight women then theyre missing out on a chunk of people they could be profiting off on their platform. they figured that out and also cater to women who arent straight. they figured out their readers value diversity so they have diversity shelves and try to feature different types of characters. it would be nice if they did the same for their male readers and authors, even if they threw us a crumb lmao.
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Yeah most authors make their MCs female, I like to read from a Male MC perspective more
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Hi y’all! I’m a gay male author, and I just published my second story, a gay rom-com called Countdown to Marriage! It’s a sequel to my first Episode story, Mr. Robinson. If you’re interested, thanks for reading!
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