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I notice more women read books than men

Rare GrooveRare Groove Posts: 406
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On my daily travels on London Tube. I notice more women reading books. While men just don their massive oversized headphones nodding away looking like chimpanzees.

Is this a sign of times that women are now more well read and intellectual and men just getting dumber?

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    TheTruth1983TheTruth1983 Posts: 13,462
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    Who is to say that men are not avid readers in private? Your experiences of the London Tube are hardly representative of the whole country.
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    Serial LurkerSerial Lurker Posts: 10,763
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    They've got more spare time probably, after doing the ironing, washing up, etc.
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    BrooklynBoyBrooklynBoy Posts: 10,595
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    Rare Groove wrote: »
    On my daily travels on London Tube. I notice more women reading books. While men just don their massive oversized headphones nodding away looking like chimpanzees.

    Is this a sign of times that women are now more well read and intellectual and men just getting dumber?

    Yes. Yes that's exactly what it all means.
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    bazzaroobazzaroo Posts: 6,848
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    50 Shades of Grey has a lot to answer for.
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    darkislanddarkisland Posts: 3,178
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    Rare Groove wrote: »
    On my daily travels on London Tube. I notice more women reading books. While men just don their massive oversized headphones nodding away looking like chimpanzees.

    Is this a sign of times that women are now more well read and intellectual and men just getting dumber?

    I'm not sure the type of books being consumed would necessarily sit well with charges of being 'well read and intellectual'...;)
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    TheTruth1983TheTruth1983 Posts: 13,462
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    bazzaroo wrote: »
    50 Shades of Grey has a lot to answer for.

    And Twilight :mad:
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    ElanorElanor Posts: 13,326
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    Rare Groove wrote: »
    Is this a sign of times that women are now more well read and intellectual and men just getting dumber?

    Were men the readers previously then?
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    JonDoeJonDoe Posts: 31,598
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    Rare Groove wrote: »
    On my daily travels on London Tube. I notice more women reading books. While men just don their massive oversized headphones nodding away looking like chimpanzees.

    Is this a sign of times that women are now more well read and intellectual and men just getting dumber?

    No, but it is a sign that you should maybe think about not staring at people on trains. :p
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    Aarghawasp!Aarghawasp! Posts: 6,205
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    Twilight? I prefer Jack Kilborn myself.
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,295
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    Rare Groove wrote: »
    On my daily travels on London Tube. I notice more women reading books. While men just don their massive oversized headphones nodding away looking like chimpanzees.

    Is this a sign of times that women are now more well read and intellectual and men just getting dumber?

    A lot of men might read their books at home. I'd guess that the books that a lot of women read on transport are fictional.
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    trphiltrphil Posts: 2,931
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    All of my book-reading friends with whom I swap books are female, but my wife doesn't read at all (except for the 7 Harry Potter books which she read avidly as soon as they came out). I used to have my head in a book all the time but recently I've been writing so I've read far less.
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    sandydunesandydune Posts: 10,986
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    I've seen men reading on chairs in libraries but not on trains.
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    Will_BennettsWill_Bennetts Posts: 3,054
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    I think maybe guys of a certain age think reading is dumb or "gay " or whatever maybe I dunno . But I know men who read of all ages.
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    SJ_MentalSJ_Mental Posts: 16,138
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    I'm always reading I've nearly got through The Very Hungry Caterpillar this week.
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    AdzPowerAdzPower Posts: 4,861
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    I find that incredibly offensive, I'm male and I read heaps and heaps, I love it, have done ever since I was a child.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 829
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    I love reading it's like an obsession to always have a book on the go.

    Although my dad has stacks and stacks of books and could out-read me anytime in a competition (if such a thing existed). Mostly, I reckon some men wait for the right peace n quiet to read and good on em.
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