[ SECRET POST #2315 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2315 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I think if a straight dude made a secret saying that they're much more likely to read a book by a female author if they find the author attractive, people would have a problem with it, more than they do in this case.

But it's possible the two situations aren't entirely analogous... a lot of it depends on the way it's said and the way that the attraction is conceptualized, and it seems like, in the one case, it tends to diminish, and in the other to augment, the talent and ability of the writer. In the case of people saying it about female writers, I think it tends to be seen as something outside of and unrelated to their ability, whereas I think with male authors it often is expressed in a way that includes their ability as a writer.

I don't know, maybe that's nonsense, just thinking out loud here.

[dreemyweird]

I wouldn't have a problem with a dude admitting that he is more likely to read something written by attractive girls, but I guess a lot of people here would. So, yeah, I think you're sort of right about this.

But I also do believe that both situations limit the amount of quality writing the OPs (the real one and the hypothetical one) could read. This is not a position good for an avid reader who values literature for what it is rather than for what it gives them. No matter the gender of the author.

[kaijinscendre]

Some people would. I would not. Just like if a guy told me he is more likely to watch a TV show because the female characters are hot. I have watched several shows just because the male characters were hot (SPN and Prison Break comes to minds). I may have eventually enjoyed the story, but the hot guys got me there.

[silverau]

That's kind of an entirely different thing though. Unlike a show with attractive actors, you don't look at the author of a book as you're reading.