Comments on: Men Don’t Read

By: Truth, Radio, & Halloween | Literary Escapism

Truth, Radio, & Halloween | Literary Escapism — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:31:21 +0000

[...] just saw this over at Urban Fantasy Land and found it somewhat amusing – Isn’t it ironic? Men Don’t Read, but 7 of the 10 World’s Best Paid Authors are men. Why is it amusing? Easy, I know more men [...]

By: cheexburger

cheexburger — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:38:37 +0000

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By: veinglory

veinglory — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:21:06 +0000

A survey with no details that I could see about how they collected the sample. Hmmm. Generally I don’t find them up to much. i.e. 50 people who visited our website last Tuesday etc.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:50:14 +0000

Missing from those results is the conclusion that 100% of men surveyed like to spend their time by participating in silly surveys about how men like to spend their time.

By: Kalen Hughes

Kalen Hughes — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:36:49 +0000

Lies, damn lies . . . and then there are statistics. I’m pretty sure that’s how the saying goes.

By: Randi

Randi — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:56:10 +0000

As a data miner, I can tell you that you can pretty much make statistics say anything you want. ;) I had a friend once that had a great saying about statistics: They are like a bikini-they hide just as much as they show.

By: Sunita

Sunita — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:27:48 +0000

@Jane:

Sorry, I was unclear. I meant, why did Wired make it the headline? I understand why you did, given DA’s focus and what we all find interesting. But I thought the original was odd, especially since it wasn’t primarily a story about whether men read, but what they say their hobbies are. 46 percent is closer to a majority than to “a few.”

What struck me about the survey was the low number of men who claimed to go to bars (I guess I just knew all of them when I was in that demographic), and the fact that 69 percent of them claimed they could live without TV.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:21:48 +0000

@Sunita: Because that was the headline of the Wired magazine story.

By: Sunita

Sunita — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:14:58 +0000

I don’t get that headline at all. Why not “men don’t like to go to bars,” since fewer men said they did that than read.

If 46% of 18-34 year old men name reading as a hobby, that’s not bad, considering all the doomsday scenarios about our reading habits.

By: ジェーン(Jān)

ジェーン(Jān) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:06:25 +0000

Heh, when my husband was in the hospital recently and I asked him what he wanted from home, he said “Underwear, my toothbrush, and a Janet Evanovich novel.” Some guys know what the necessities are. ;D