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Originally Posted by Sparrow
I didn't count  - but it would hardly have been conclusive whatever the outcome.
That's why I wondered if there were any reliable figures to back up the claim about a gender imbalance, and what the extent of it is. |
I'm looking for more solid statistics. Found plenty to support that academia publishes more by males, even when stats are adjusted for the gender imbalances in the fields; hard to find stats on mainstream fiction & nonfic.
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Virago Press doesn't seem to have any male authors on their list. 
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Virago is the outstanding international publisher of women's literature. It is the largest women's imprint in the world
I've downloaded the list of Simon & Schuster authors and am going to start gender-sorting them. (Gaaah. 13,000 authors. Eeep.)