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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
The fallacy of this comes in when newspapers are added to the mix... somehow, reading a newspaper alone while in public (even at a restaurant table) is something no one thinks twice about. So it truly is a prejudice against book-reading.
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Huh. I never realized that. I wonder if it comes from old-ish movies that so frequently depicted male characters that way. Makes it "alright" somehow - like a substitute for a cigarette and a glass of whiskey
. But yes, I think you're right that it's limited to books (with special scorn for ereaders? - dunno, but it would fit the trend.)