Nice Guy

Nice Guy sometimes "Nice Guy" (in quotes) or "Nice Guy (TM)" (not in quotes but with a TM tag) refers to a posture that some men assume to explain why they are not getting a girlfriend / getting laid. This phenomena is not limited to fandom and geekdom, but it is frequently found (or, at least, frequently noticed) in these circles.

The paradigmatic riff of a Nice Guy: "I'm not getting laid, but I'm a Nice Guy, so it can't be that; it must be that Women don't like Nice Guys--they like jerks." (Subtext: Women suck. It's not my fault I'm not getting laid. I'm not doing anything wrong. Women have Sex, and men need Sex, so men need Women. So Women have power because they can withhold Sex from men. Women suck.)

For more on Nice Guys:

• "Nice Guys"=BLEAH!, Heartless Bitches International (last visited 2008/4/24)

For Nice Guys and related concepts in SF:

• The Guy I Don't Like, Angry Black Women @ FSF blog (2006/9/25)