Do you read authors that are the same gender as you?
I heard this theory once but thinks it’s pretty narrow-minded, particularly with gender identity so wondered what others thought.
I consider myself a queer female and read a mixture of others but it’s definitely more male authors.
I’ve been reading a lot of Japanese authors recently and that’s split about 60-40 male to female.
Female authors I tend to read are the ones who re-write the Greek Myth stories e.g. Circe, Medusa.
by JuicyStein
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I read books. Maybe that’s narrow minded but I don’t seek out a particular gender.
I read a mix of things, different genres, translated books, books by male and female authors as well as lgbt+ authors, books from different countries etc. I keep a read journal so I like to keep track of these things and try to even out what I read. I started doing this when I noticed that most of what I read (around 75%) was books from male authors. I wanted to explore more what is out there after I realised that
I don’t consider the gender of the authors I read at all. Or their race. Or their age. Or really anything about them. Why would I care? I just care if the book is good.
i’ve never read anything by the other (female) gender except The Handmaid’s Tale for english class however i am in the process of getting through The Second Sex.
Imo i think it’s naturally difficult for authors to write something that is completely open to the other gender
If the story interests me, I’ll read it. Gender does not factor into the equation.
I don’t think that’s ever crossed my mind when selecting or reading a book. I think the only time I look sideways at the gender of the author is when there are particularly egregious examples of “men writing women” or “women writing men.” Even then, a lot of the time those cases are just good old fashioned bad writing and I usually just move onto something else.