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I'm interested by the gender split. The man reads only non-fiction, and the woman reads only fiction; the same is true for my parents. My dad doesn't read fic
by araneae 17y ago
I'm interested by the gender split. The man reads only non-fiction, and the woman reads only fiction; the same is true for my parents. My dad doesn't read fiction because he thinks its useless, but rather because he just doesn't enjoy it very much.
Have others found this to be the case as well?
- jules 17y agoBoth parents and my 2 brothers read fiction. I have not noticed that women enjoy fiction more.
- Qz 17y agoMy parents read both. Doesn't seem like a pattern.
- riffraff 17y agoI (a guy) read a lot more fiction (because I'm usually reading a few books at once, and the ficton ones can be read faster), but my girlfriend mostly reads mostly non-fiction,because somehow she finds it more pleasant (apart from terry pratchett, apparently)
- greg 17y agoIf you look into the demographics of book sales you'll find this difference is born out at large. I'd guess that it has more to do with the typical subject of matter of fiction than its fact quotient. Women are more interested in inter-personal relationships. I'd predict that science fiction is relatively more popular among men.