Apparently “boys are being deterred from reading because the ‘gatekeepers’ to children’s literature are mostly women.”
At least, that's what a writer called Jonathan Emmett believes. Jonathan Emmett said so in a long piece in the Times all about Jonathan Emmett and what he believes.
You can read a summary of what Jonathan Emmett believes here: http://publishingperspectives.com/2014/04/are-boys-not-reading-because-of-all-those-women-in-publishing/I wasn't going to comment on all this,...
Published on April 23, 2014 09:35