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Originally Posted by AlexBell
Please don't be offended, Catlady, but I wonder if the more basic question is 'why does a title that categorises a woman by her relationship to to a man appeal so much to female readers?' If they weren't bought by women with that kind of title the title would surely be changed.
I should perhaps point out that I have been married for over fifty years to a very formidable lady. Indeed, I'm generally known in our social circle as 'Carol's husband.'
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I don't know if it's possible to say for sure that such titles appeal to female readers--after all, they may be buying the books in spite of the titles. But I think it is clear that the authors/publishers/marketers
believe they appeal to female readers.
Congrats on being Carol's husband for more than 50 years!