Comments on: Has Reading Become Unmanly? http://socyberty.com/society/has-reading-become-unmanly/ Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:38:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Inna Tysoe http://socyberty.com/society/has-reading-become-unmanly/comment-page-1/#comment-133739 Inna Tysoe Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:02:54 +0000 http://socyberty.com/society/has-reading-become-unmanly/#comment-133739 Actually what you're seeing is pretty well documented. I can only find a blog that (used to) link to this fairly conservative research but back in 2006:<br /> <br /> "Publisher Weekly stated that women buy more books than men - to the tune of 68% of all books. (no surprise here). Of books that are read, 53% are fiction and 43% nonfiction., and 64% of book buyers say the bestseller list is not important."<br /> <br /> http://numericlife.blogspot.com/2006/04/women-buy-more-books-than-men.html<br /> <br /> Regards,<br /> <br /> Inna Actually what you’re seeing is pretty well documented. I can only find a blog that (used to) link to this fairly conservative research but back in 2006:

“Publisher Weekly stated that women buy more books than men – to the tune of 68% of all books. (no surprise here). Of books that are read, 53% are fiction and 43% nonfiction., and 64% of book buyers say the bestseller list is not important.”

http://numericlife.blogspot.com/2006/04/women-buy-more-books-than-men.html

Regards,

Inna

]]> By: Karen Gross http://socyberty.com/society/has-reading-become-unmanly/comment-page-1/#comment-133737 Karen Gross Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:35:22 +0000 http://socyberty.com/society/has-reading-become-unmanly/#comment-133737 As a former librarian, I definitely concur with your observation. Boys would read action novels up until about age 12, and after that I rarely saw them in the library. There were a few exceptions, the most intelligent boys would keep reading. Whether they were intelligent because they kept reading, or kept reading because of their intelligence, I don't know, but I think it was both. <br /> <br /> In our church library, we have so many great books written for men, but it is mostly women reading them. It's a shame. As a former librarian, I definitely concur with your observation. Boys would read action novels up until about age 12, and after that I rarely saw them in the library. There were a few exceptions, the most intelligent boys would keep reading. Whether they were intelligent because they kept reading, or kept reading because of their intelligence, I don’t know, but I think it was both.

In our church library, we have so many great books written for men, but it is mostly women reading them. It’s a shame.

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