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I read a lot of narrative/story-based fiction and nonfiction, into which I'll include poetry. I read a lot less technical or academic material. Most of the technical stuff catches me by surprise. I stumble on an interesting book or need a magazine to pass the time in a waiting room. And then there's the stuff I need to research for whatever reason. But story-stuff I consume continually, regardless of format.
Does anybody remember this (Oxford-arranged?) big examination a few years ago, as to what men and women tended to read, in different countries and so on? There was a quiz you could take to help the study, and then, when the study was done, they made a little computer thing to test yourself with. My mom and I took it, and it flipped out genders by tendencies of the English-speaking world. Which explains why most reviews of her work compare her to various nameable men, but never other women, I guess.
Anyhow, most men were supposed to be heavy into nonfiction/technical reading, and most women into fiction/story. Also, women were more likely to consider how a book/writing reflected their own life, while most men quizzed apparently read stuff specifically to disengage it from their lives. |
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