Gender references in literature

blacbird · Aug 10, 2012

An interesting study of gender references in literature over the past century or so:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48618383/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UCXw-qDRnjY

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seun · Aug 11, 2012

Interesting. To be honest, I don't tend to think of someone reading my stuff as he or she. I just think of the reader. And thinking my published book and the to be published one, the most important characters in both books are women. That wasn't a conscious decision; it's just how the stories worked.

shaldna · Aug 11, 2012

Interesting article.

Hiroko · Aug 13, 2012

Interesting. It's good for equality, I guess; as a reader, though, I don't really mind having more or less females in a book. Throwing in a female character for the sake of not seeing discriminatory/sexist would not bode well with me.

Gender references in literature

blacbird

seun

Horror Man

shaldna

The cake is a lie. But still cake.

Hiroko

Which of them was the machine?