I mean, totally could be. I have had only negative experiences with all but a handful of comic book nerds and I'm a man so it's definitely not 100% a gender thing. However, my personal experience of too much time spent in comic book shops and online tells me that there's definitely an unnecessary expectation of intimate knowledge of all character's backstories thrust upon female comic book fans.
I mean, totally could be. I have had only negative experiences with all but a handful of comic book nerds and I'm a man so it's definitely not 100% a gender thing. However, my personal experience of too much time spent in comic book shops and online tells me that there's definitely an unnecessary expectation of intimate knowledge of all character's backstories thrust upon female comic book fans.