Do you have a preference between male and female authors?
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Re: Do you have a preference between male and female authors?
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This is usually the case for me, too. Not to mention the number of times I've made an assumption on the author's gender due to their name being unisex, only to find out they're something else. I think it also depends on the area. (For example, I mostly had female Taylors at my school so I assumed most Taylors were female, but at the school two towns over, my friend mentioned most of their Taylors were male so she assumed most Taylors were male.)SpiritPhoenix wrote: ↑21 May 2019, 10:00 I'm not sure if my answer here matters at all, but I'm one of those weird readers who sometimes don't even know if the authors are male or female, and as you mentioned, some female writers do use male pen-names. If I like the book too much, then I look up the author and learn who they are.
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I like trying to decide by the writing if it seems to be a male or female, then go check for a bio with a picture. Sometimes I'm right, sometimes totally and completely surprised; in all cases, happy with the "sleuthing" aspect of it. It's also fascinating to see how writing has changed culturally over the decades/centuries. And also how it hasn't.
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The area! Yes! I'm Indian and our names are very different from western names. I remember being surprised at finding out Sidney Sheldon is male and Enid Blyton is female.Lindsey Klaus wrote: ↑21 May 2019, 14:21This is usually the case for me, too. Not to mention the number of times I've made an assumption on the author's gender due to their name being unisex, only to find out they're something else. I think it also depends on the area. (For example, I mostly had female Taylors at my school so I assumed most Taylors were female, but at the school two towns over, my friend mentioned most of their Taylors were male so she assumed most Taylors were male.)SpiritPhoenix wrote: ↑21 May 2019, 10:00 I'm not sure if my answer here matters at all, but I'm one of those weird readers who sometimes don't even know if the authors are male or female, and as you mentioned, some female writers do use male pen-names. If I like the book too much, then I look up the author and learn who they are.
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The brain differs between males & females as each has a certain way of thinking that specialize the gender tendencies.
For example, male writers tend to be more rational and intellectual, their own characteristic is based on dominance, and through writing they are more realistic regarding logics and emotionally stable.
Unlikely to female writers, their writings are based on descriptions and a lot of emotions and fantasy because females are sensitive and warm, their imagination is wider as well as feelings.
Thus, each choose which book is suitable to their type of taste either more description by females or more facts by males based on gender, and i would advice to choose the book by dividing into categories as leaving the choice of romantic,fantasy books by the female writers, and the logics, self improvement, studies by the male writers.
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I agree with you on that. In some cases, I do not know whether the author is male or female.SpiritPhoenix wrote: ↑21 May 2019, 10:00 I'm not sure if my answer here matters at all, but I'm one of those weird readers who sometimes don't even know if the authors are male or female, and as you mentioned, some female writers do use male pen-names. If I like the book too much, then I look up the author and learn who they are.
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