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The significance of gender with respect to various forms of fiction, including the representation of people of different genders as characters in fiction or as the authors of fiction, is a subject of research in gender studies, literary criticism and a topic of discourse among creators and consumers of fiction. Some of the questions discussed in this context are raised by observations that women tend to appear less often or less prominently as characters in or creators of fiction (especially prestigious forms of fiction) than men, and that women are more frequently portrayed according to negative stereotypes.

This article aims to give an overview of the several aspects under which matters related to the intersection of gender and fiction are discussed in scholarship and in the public sphere.

Gender and the different forms and genres of fiction
The following articles cover gender-related aspects of specific forms and genres of fiction:
 * In the portrayal of women in comics and in video games, aspects often discussed include the sexualized depiction and stereotypical portrayal of women, as well as the limited number of works featuring women as main characters.
 * More broadly, aspects of women and video games
 * Gender in speculative fiction (science fiction, horror and fantasy)