Women are generally better at reading and writing. This is true at every age of testing from age five on, and the gap tends to increase with age until puberty and stays relatively steady thereafter. Large data sets from the U.S. Department of Education support this, and these sorts of differences pan out internationally as well. Across both language and cultural barriers, girls tend to out-read boys early in life and continue that trend throughout their lifetime. Men make up only 20 percent of the people who buy and read novels. The numbers improve for history and other nonfiction, but overall
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