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Woman 45 and under | 25 | 13.59% | |
Woman over 45 | 52 | 28.26% | |
Man 45 and under | 27 | 14.67% | |
Man over 45 | 71 | 38.59% | |
Non-binary 45 and under | 0 | 0% | |
Non-binary over 45 | 0 | 0% | |
The blue one, next to the fish | 9 | 4.89% | |
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05-12-2016, 05:30 AM | #31 |
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I don't see any apparent correlation between age, sex and reading habits. It is rather dependent on the cultural, social and educational backgrounds of individuals.
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05-12-2016, 06:02 AM | #32 |
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Depends on the circumstances. In this case, the OP doesn't appear to be wanting to survey gender or sexuality anyway, but age, so gender can simply be left out of it altogether. If you're creating a survey where gender is relevant, your best bet is a free text box.
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05-12-2016, 06:06 AM | #33 | |
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Also, I'm not sure how to include a free text box, and I've seen them wildly abused in other online polls (with hilarious results). |
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05-12-2016, 07:53 AM | #34 |
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I suggest changing 'LGBTQ' to 'Other'.
And if you want to keep up a MobileRead tradition, change the last option to "The blue one, next to the fish". |
05-12-2016, 07:54 AM | #35 |
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They saw it as a cautionary tale about the expectations of the other half of the species. I'll bet quite a few became hermits and monks after reading those books.
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05-12-2016, 07:59 AM | #36 |
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05-12-2016, 08:00 AM | #37 |
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05-12-2016, 08:03 AM | #38 |
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"Other" can seem dismissive. I would recommend something like "Non-Binary Gender".
And make either the younger or older options include the age of 45, lol. Last edited by sun surfer; 05-12-2016 at 08:23 AM. |
05-12-2016, 08:12 AM | #39 | |
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There are romance books. There are mommy porn books. It is wrong to conflate romance with mommy porn. It is not wrong to call mommy porn mommy porn. Ignoring this simple concept and employing terms like snobbery and irrationality smacks of defensiveness. |
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05-12-2016, 08:14 AM | #40 |
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05-12-2016, 08:44 AM | #42 |
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Sure it is. Mainly because mommy porn doesn't really exist. And if it did, its definition would be different for everyone that used it; and it wouldn't only be mommies that read it. Hence the pointlessness and dismissiveness of the term. It's an unnecessary stereotyping of the demographic that reads it. There's no "mommy scifi," or "mommy mystery", or "mommy thriller", so why the need for a "mommy porn?"
I'd call it, "Romance that uptight Romance readers feel the need to ostracize," myself. |
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As someone is supposed to have remarked when asked to distinguish between art and pornography: "I can't tell you the difference in so many words, but I sure as hell know pornography when I see it!" Point being, difficulty in defining something is not an indication that it doesn't exist. It's the 'mommy' part that rankles, isn't it? That makes sense. If only we had a different term for the literary porn patronised majorly by women of a certain age group. Last edited by howyoudoin; 05-12-2016 at 08:57 AM. |
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05-12-2016, 09:10 AM | #44 | |
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What is the "certain age group" that you're talking about? I know quite a few women who read both romance and erotic romance, and they range in age from 17 to 74. Most of them are in their mid 20s to late 30s. Shari |
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"Porn" suffices (if you must differentiate between it and other romance/erotic fiction in the first place). Which demographic a book is targeted at has never been a very reliable indicator of which demographic is actually reading it anyway. Last edited by DiapDealer; 05-12-2016 at 12:48 PM. |
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