Mark B said:
>
> I agree with you that men are more likely to be on
this list than are
women
> only because of its subject matter. I can only judge
by my experience.
My
> sister is an avid mystery reader, but I know she
dislikes anything she
> considers too violent. My wife can't understand why
I like such
violent
> books and movies. I have managed to get her to read
some of the
non-hard
> boiled Westlakes, but that's it. I know that's
certainly not a
universal
> attitude. We have a fair number of women who are
pretty active on this
list,
> and I know a woman who still may be subscribed that
regularly reads
harder
> edged books than I.
> Mark, ducking..
>
I know that we have quite a few women on the list, which was
a pleasant surprise, initially. My wife also thinks that HB
is very much a male thing - I've told her that there are many
women on this list but I don't think she really believes me -
despite the fact that she has read and enjoyed a fair sized
slab of the fiction we talk about here - John D MacDonald,
the Hoke Mosley books, Ross Macdonald, Elmore Leonard &
Patricia Highsmith in particular. I didn't mean to imply that
women are especially over-represented in the lurker ranks
it's just that I was particularly pleased to see more women's
names than I was expecting. It pleases me because I feel that
this stuff we are reading has more universal relevance than
just being stuff with guns that overgrown boys bury
themselves in as a more socially acceptable variation on
being a Trekkie. Live long and prosper, guys &
dolls.
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