The Problem With Nerd Culture and What We’re Not Doing Enough Of To Stop It

So, I was perusing Facebook groups as I’m known to do to see what my nerd brethren are discussing these days and Arrow, for better or worse, became something of a topic in its second season with the introduction of heroes like Black Canary and the Flash. Of course, the fact that Arrow airs on the CW means that there is a degree of focus on romantic interactions and physical aesthetic, but I noticed a major complaint among a lot of the male population was…. “This show is blatantly pandering to women.” First of all, I would argue their definition of specifically “pandering to women” in this case because I could see their point if this were a story told specifically through the eyes of Laurel Lance or Moira Queen or the Black Canary with Green Arrow were a secondary character to the narrative. However, a show that’s specifically about (because it tells us most of this in the opening) a guy who was stuck on a deserted island with a hot blonde and a secret agent (who was basically his personal trainer), returns with hip hop abs, martial arts proficiency, runs a Fortune 500 company and sleeps around more than J.R. Smith in the off season (Oliver Queen has slept with at least five women in two seasons)…..only equates to “every WOMAN’S fantasy” if you seriously believe there aren’t men fantasizing about doing this kind of shit. And if you seriously believe that, the sales for the last Batman game and Injustice: Gods Among Us before that certainly argue against you. The other thin…