terraformed_ t1_jcr5oba wrote on March 18, 2023 at 10:43 PM Reply to comment by dawgfan19881 in "You don’t like it because you don’t get it, you don’t get it because you’re not ___________" by JohnTaylorson My entire life, 90% of the literature I had to read in order to graduate high school was written by a white male. Maybe it has something to do with that? Or the fact that men don’t read books written by women, to a hilariously insane extent: https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2021/jul/09/why-do-so-few-men-read-books-by-women The vast majority of men I meet do not own a single book written by a woman of colour. A man who actively reads may have a little poetry by Maya Angelou but it’s unlikely. Permalink Parent 1
terraformed_ t1_jcr5oba wrote
Reply to comment by dawgfan19881 in "You don’t like it because you don’t get it, you don’t get it because you’re not ___________" by JohnTaylorson
My entire life, 90% of the literature I had to read in order to graduate high school was written by a white male.
Maybe it has something to do with that?
Or the fact that men don’t read books written by women, to a hilariously insane extent:
https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2021/jul/09/why-do-so-few-men-read-books-by-women
The vast majority of men I meet do not own a single book written by a woman of colour.
A man who actively reads may have a little poetry by Maya Angelou but it’s unlikely.