/lit/ - Literature

A good rule of thumb is that women form leptokurtic distributions and men form platykurtic distributions. In terms of reading this means that women, in general, read more than men (so reading is viewed as a 'girly' hobby); however, if you compare a female reader and a male reader the male reader will, in general, be much more invested, interested, avid etc. than his female counterpart. Same applies for writers - there are many more female writers, but at the higher end of literature men dominate the field.