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Originally Posted by Katsunami
However, if someone says "Men refuse to read women authors because they don't like character-driven stories", then you'd better back that up with some data, preferably data that shows that men don't like character-driven stories, and that women only write character-driven stories. If you don't, then the statement is useless, because anyone could say anything they like.
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I hope nothing I've said leads you to believe that I think that.
I do think that publishers think that men-in-general don't like reading stories by women authors, but whether that's a true statement or not, I don't know. And I have no idea whether it's a distinction between character-driven or plot-driven. I know my husband has a greater tolerance for plot-driven stories than I do, but he's also the one who introduced me to Bujold, who is strongly character-driven.