Now if someone could get me the statistics for 1) the percentage of female editors in publishing, 2) the percentage of female authors publishing--even better if it's by genre so we we can see who's publishing in more respected literary genres and nonfiction, and who's publishing in less respected genre fiction like romance or mysteries, 3) the statistics for male and female reading habits, again by genre if possible, and 4)the percentage of literary awards that go to female authors, then maybe we could talk about the representation of men in publishing.
I would love this - beyond just for the scope of this debate I think that would be very interesting to look at.
More likely it's just that publishing is somewhat ahead of the curve toward equality compared to other media outlets like movies and TV, and by comparison equality seems to favor the traditionally less privileged party.
Agreed. And this is not the first time that some men have seen what equality looks like and scream 'help, I'm being oppressed!'
I've pretty much come to expect that any time a traditionally oppressed group starts reaching anything close to parity, the traditionally privileged group will start flailing and whining. Because, you know, clearly white men aren't being properly represented unless they're disproportionately overrepresented and catered to.
Just look at the "boy" crisis in schools. In most of those studies, both male and female test scores have been improving over time. But male test scores aren't improving as quickly! CRISIS!!
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I would love this - beyond just for the scope of this debate I think that would be very interesting to look at.
More likely it's just that publishing is somewhat ahead of the curve toward equality compared to other media outlets like movies and TV, and by comparison equality seems to favor the traditionally less privileged party.
Agreed. And this is not the first time that some men have seen what equality looks like and scream 'help, I'm being oppressed!'
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Just look at the "boy" crisis in schools. In most of those studies, both male and female test scores have been improving over time. But male test scores aren't improving as quickly! CRISIS!!