As a woman who absolutely hated Fourth Wing and really loved Mistborn, I don’t feel represented by most of the popular modern female authors at all. I think it would be a huge shame if romantasy completely replaced actual fantasy. It’s already getting harder for readers like me to find fantasy that we like because of this trend. I know I’m in the minority of women for not liking to read about romance, though.
@@nimzipow Not sure if I could give any good recommendations because I don’t actually read that much fantasy; I mostly read horror. So both of those books were kind of outside my usual go-to book. But even as an outsider to the genre, I can see a definite trend of romance being marketed as fantasy.
I don't know many men that spend much time at all at reading. When first introduced to other men and they find out that I love to read you most generally get a strange look from them like reading is bad. But on the other hand almost every woman I know reads and they read a lot!
As a female reader, i've noticed i tend to read more female authors. Female-authored books are more relatable to me in terms of story and characters. I suppose it's the same for male counterpart. I'm also a bit biased towards male authors who write amazing female characters. The very prescriptive nature of self-help books is not very appealing to me. The only non-fiction i like are biographies.
I'm the same. I look for women writers and women protagonists mostly. Mostly because I like to relate to characters as much as possible and I struggle to do that with men.
I'm not surprised! I have never seen my husband open a fiction book. And even with business/self-help books, he does it quite rarely. He listens to a ton of podcasts instead.
According to my husband who doesn’t read but who loves listening to podcasts, the 3-man podcast is the most effective pr0paganda device to use on men. Women are more susceptible to nearly everything else, such as books and s0cial m3dia. From my own observations, this does seem to be the case. And of course there’s the obvious: men probably read less because most books that are published and promoted nowadays are, as this video pointed out, written by women and clearly aimed at a young female dem0graphic. Most men have different tastes than 20-something year old women do. The ‘inclusivity’ factor has perhaps gone too far and ended up alienating potential male readers. In short, it’s for the same reasons that less women than men probably listen to 3-man podcasts.
from my own experiences, I believe that more women in general have the hobby of reading and becoming authors, while men in the publishing industries take on different jobs such as editing. Of course in no way are my accounts fully accurate. I could be completely wrong for all I know, however, we do see this on social platforms, there are only a handful of men I know or watch on the 'booktube' side of this platform. Although we can also see that most of the 'classics' are written by male authors, it is interesting to see how times have changed the publishing industries. I do believe that misogyny had definitely played a part in the fact that men dominated the writing world back in the day. I would love to see a video on why men might be more inclined to read non-fiction, I know that at least in my country, men would definitely be embarrassed to read a book that might have even a tinge of romance in it, which is really a pity considering that they might be shamed for liking something as simple as a book that no one would bat an eyelash to if it were in the hands of a woman just because of the fact that romance is something inherently 'girly'
You could be right there for sure! I only told part of the story with this video by focusing on women so I do think it would be useful to investigate why men read less or more non-fiction for sure. I'll add it to my list! Thanks so much for the suggestion
I wonder if we read more because we are seeking escape from our day-to-day lives and trying to find some sort of pleasure in fiction worls/narratives. My husband doesn't understand the appeal of reading, and I was born in a house that read a lot of books.
Maybe you mention it later, but I'm commenting before I lose my thought 😅 I wonder about feminized professions, and whether the change in status (i.e. liveable wages) of writers, or the types of publishing contracts most women get, is also an influence in the changing demographic? 🧐
Oh you're totally right. I briefly mention writing itself and would have loved to get deeper into the topic because the publishing world is complicated in that aspect.
I don't really have an opinion on this. Studies seem to say that it is the case. I myself don't see it in my life. The readers around me all read fiction the most.
This is a quality production. Deserves lots more views than 1.2k after 6 months. However I have no idea what you think you are referring to with respect to the issue highlighted late on in the video of diversity. This sounds received political-religion? perhaps not
What do you think? Do women read more fiction?
It’s just a statistical fact?
As a woman who absolutely hated Fourth Wing and really loved Mistborn, I don’t feel represented by most of the popular modern female authors at all. I think it would be a huge shame if romantasy completely replaced actual fantasy. It’s already getting harder for readers like me to find fantasy that we like because of this trend. I know I’m in the minority of women for not liking to read about romance, though.
Yesss! I don’t really care for romance, I want world building and adventure.
I would love some recommendations from you! I loved Mistborn
@@nimzipow Not sure if I could give any good recommendations because I don’t actually read that much fantasy; I mostly read horror. So both of those books were kind of outside my usual go-to book. But even as an outsider to the genre, I can see a definite trend of romance being marketed as fantasy.
I don't know many men that spend much time at all at reading. When first introduced to other men and they find out that I love to read you most generally get a strange look from them like reading is bad. But on the other hand almost every woman I know reads and they read a lot!
I've noticed that too. It's very strange to me because I know a lot of men would find a lot of value and joy in reading.
As a female reader, i've noticed i tend to read more female authors. Female-authored books are more relatable to me in terms of story and characters. I suppose it's the same for male counterpart. I'm also a bit biased towards male authors who write amazing female characters.
The very prescriptive nature of self-help books is not very appealing to me. The only non-fiction i like are biographies.
I'm the same. I look for women writers and women protagonists mostly. Mostly because I like to relate to characters as much as possible and I struggle to do that with men.
I'm not surprised! I have never seen my husband open a fiction book. And even with business/self-help books, he does it quite rarely. He listens to a ton of podcasts instead.
So true! Maybe I need to do a video on why men read less, to figure out why. I only really told part of the story
According to my husband who doesn’t read but who loves listening to podcasts, the 3-man podcast is the most effective pr0paganda device to use on men. Women are more susceptible to nearly everything else, such as books and s0cial m3dia. From my own observations, this does seem to be the case.
And of course there’s the obvious: men probably read less because most books that are published and promoted nowadays are, as this video pointed out, written by women and clearly aimed at a young female dem0graphic. Most men have different tastes than 20-something year old women do. The ‘inclusivity’ factor has perhaps gone too far and ended up alienating potential male readers.
In short, it’s for the same reasons that less women than men probably listen to 3-man podcasts.
from my own experiences, I believe that more women in general have the hobby of reading and becoming authors, while men in the publishing industries take on different jobs such as editing. Of course in no way are my accounts fully accurate. I could be completely wrong for all I know, however, we do see this on social platforms, there are only a handful of men I know or watch on the 'booktube' side of this platform. Although we can also see that most of the 'classics' are written by male authors, it is interesting to see how times have changed the publishing industries. I do believe that misogyny had definitely played a part in the fact that men dominated the writing world back in the day.
I would love to see a video on why men might be more inclined to read non-fiction, I know that at least in my country, men would definitely be embarrassed to read a book that might have even a tinge of romance in it, which is really a pity considering that they might be shamed for liking something as simple as a book that no one would bat an eyelash to if it were in the hands of a woman just because of the fact that romance is something inherently 'girly'
You could be right there for sure! I only told part of the story with this video by focusing on women so I do think it would be useful to investigate why men read less or more non-fiction for sure. I'll add it to my list! Thanks so much for the suggestion
I wonder if we read more because we are seeking escape from our day-to-day lives and trying to find some sort of pleasure in fiction worls/narratives. My husband doesn't understand the appeal of reading, and I was born in a house that read a lot of books.
I think you're right. Or at least that's why I read!
Maybe you mention it later, but I'm commenting before I lose my thought 😅 I wonder about feminized professions, and whether the change in status (i.e. liveable wages) of writers, or the types of publishing contracts most women get, is also an influence in the changing demographic? 🧐
Scratch that--I was thinking about writing books, not reading them--subset of your point 🥸
Oh you're totally right. I briefly mention writing itself and would have loved to get deeper into the topic because the publishing world is complicated in that aspect.
I don't really have an opinion on this. Studies seem to say that it is the case. I myself don't see it in my life. The readers around me all read fiction the most.
It's one of those things where it doesn't apply to everyone
This is a quality production. Deserves lots more views than 1.2k after 6 months. However I have no idea what you think you are referring to with respect to the issue highlighted late on in the video of diversity. This sounds received political-religion? perhaps not
fifty shades 😉