For centuries, no one was concerned that books werent girl-friendly, because no one really cared if girls read; but even so, we persisted for long enough that literature has slowly come to accommodate us. Modern boys, by contrast, are not trying to read in a culture of opposition. Nobody is telling them reading doesnt matter, that boys dont need to read and that actually, no prospective wife looks for literacy in a husband. Quite the opposite! Male literary culture thrives, both teachers and parents are throwing books at their sons, and the fact that the books arent sticking isnt, as the nature of the complaint makes clear, because boys dont like reading no. The accusation is that boys dont like reading about girls, which is a totally different matter.Because constantly, consistently, our supposedly equal society penalises boys who express an interest in anything feminine. The only time boys are discouraged from books all together is in contexts where, for whatever reason, theyve been given the message that reading itself is girly which is a wider extrapolation of the same problem.
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