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Katsunami is very much under-estimating youtube video makers. A lot of the high earning ones make a living at it. I have a few relaxation vids, under another pseudonym, but don't monetise them. So saying that they don't have 'real jobs' misses the point: often youtube IS their job.
I've seen many writing advice videos from men and from women who make a living from writing, such as The Creative Penn, a woman.
There was once a time when it was considered a disgrace for women to write, hence George Eliot using a male name, Austen publishing as "A Lady" and the Brontes as Currer, Acton and Ellis Bell. Educational opportunities and many professions were barred to women. Over the last thirty years we've been making up for this. When I was a child the idea of a female doctor or even television presenter was perverse to many.
So it seems reasonable that women should take their place in authorship. I don't doubt we're overtaking men; it's inevitable. Many men haven't read a book since leaving school.
I think peeps at MR assume the western world is as literate as we are. We're a self-selecting bunch. If you do another youtube search for booktubers (the ones who READ books) you'll also find a predominance of females. The men are probably down the pub or playing computer games.
I freely admit to being a biased post-feminist observer.
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