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Why don't straight men read novels?

https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/63149/1/why-dont-straight-men-read-novels-fiction-masculinity-influencers-sigma

!straggots Explain yourselves


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TLDR: it's because there is a way higher expectation to be financially successful and to not spend time on "useless" things placed on men because of course there is.

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Alex and Finn* both feel compelled to make 'good' use of their time – 'good' being a capitalist innuendo for 'productive'. In our increasingly time-poor, grind-obsessed hellscape — 7-9 gym, 9-5 work, and 5-9 side hustle — coming up for air from being a cog and curling up with a novel just because you want to is a borderline sensual pleasure. "Our culture makes a fetish of practical outcomes, and perhaps because the outcomes of fiction-reading don't patently lead to higher wages, it seems less worthy," says Suzanne Keen, Professor of English at Scripps College.

What do you know, the author has outed herself as fat and and lazy.

Oh look, from the same author:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17217557113851724.webp

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Le hecking capitalism is why i dont spend money on consumer goods

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'good' being a capitalist innuendo for 'productive'.

i hate redditors so fricking much

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