Jonathan on Mythryl: “Great article by Constance Grady trying to uncover the origin of the…”

Great article by Constance Grady trying to uncover the origin of the stat that women account for 80% of fiction sales. It’s interesting and somewhat scary that these bogus stats are used to judge people and influence policy.

Constance Grady@constancegrady.bsky.social

So in all the discourse over how men don't read, I've noticed something weird. All the articles about this issue say that there are multiple studies showing women account for 80% of fiction sales. But none of them link to the studies — just to each other. www.vox.com/culture/3929...

vox.comAre men’s reading habits truly a national crisis?The questionable statistic at the heart of the “men don’t read fiction” discourse.

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