Why Does It Seem That Girls Read More Than Guys?

[Christine]

Most guys are just too stupid to understand why reading is important, though some guys I know are just as bookish as us girls. Some of the guys I know read generally the same kind of books as we do. In fact, I've got some great book recommendations from guys. I feel like girls are maybe more open-mindeed than guys, thus their book sense.

[Frank]

☺~♥Kaylin♥~☺ wrote: "Girls are just way more intelligent and feel like they can comment and discuss books, while boys are playing x box or something and losing brain cells...well at least my brothers are"

Woah. Completely untrue lol.

I play a lot of video games (and I am quite passionate about it as I spend over 30 hours a week on them), but I also read a lot too. Woot for breaking stereotypes. :D

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Frank B wrote: "☺~♥Kaylin♥~☺ wrote: "Girls are just way more intelligent and feel like they can comment and discuss books, while boys are playing x box or something and losing brain cells...well at least my brothe..."

Woot the male population is not yet lost

[Baxter]

Frank B wrote: "☺~♥Kaylin♥~☺ wrote: "Girls are just way more intelligent and feel like they can comment and discuss books, while boys are playing x box or something and losing brain cells...well at least my brothe..."

Whoa now man, them video games. Killing your headbox all day long.

[Frank]

Lol. I do admit that guys try to act "masculine" by not reading. Even though that doesn't work at all. But a lot of video gamers read, it's weird, and I think I already brought this up in the past. However, I think hardcore video gamers like the story and adventure of a game (just like a movie), and those stories can be carried on (or similar) in books.

[Bookworm]

i have a guy cousin who completely believed he could not read when he was young but then he learnt he could and he found some books that he read but then the author stopped publishing more and he couldn't find others that his interested in, so he stopped reading. He plays viedo games all the times and enjoys the stories to them.
Still makes me sad that he doesn't read and thats just because he can't find books that interest him. thing is that i read more than him, and am better at spelling than him, so if i recomended him something makes it seem like i'm rubbing it in?!? do u get me? anyway i can't think of a book that would interest him any thoughts? something funny?

[Vered]

What were the books that he really liked to read before?

[Bookworm]

andy griffiths and terry denton also liked jasper Jones.

[Melissa (ladybug)]

I know that learning disabilities can come into the problem also. For example, my one brother has dyslexia, lazy eye, legally blind in one eye, and so on. He only reads books such as cultural myths (Native American, etc) and certain westerns. This is because of the troubles he has with seeing. My other brother is mentally younger than his age and it took him years to even learn how to read in a basic way.

[Irene]

Vered wrote: "Good point about reading different books that appeal to kids. I think my son's class read Harry Potter - and there are lots of moral lessons in that series!"

See for some reason they won't let us read the Harry potter bookd because they are 'evil' and 'will corrupt' our minds. We also can't read anything that express religous veiws, have killing/murderous secens, magic mentioned, ect. So nothing that is worth reading is allowed.

[Nadie]

♣Ðanna wrote: "Statisticly, there are 5% more females readers than males. On the other hand, and how ironic is that(!), 43.78% of all statistics are made up at the moment. LOL go figure (:"

I should do my experiment on this. It's required and I'm interested.

[Irene]

The school system. It's anoth reason why religon is such a touchy topic, hevan forbid a teacher mention God or Christianity, or Islam, or anything inbetween.

[★ Jess]

As a Christian I get really upset when other christians say its 'against-God' and 'evil' to read stories like Harry Potter/ Im sorry, but thats absolute rubbish. Read whatever you like.

[Rebekah Faith]

Jess- YES! I'm sorry, but if you're going to say a book is evil if it has Christian themes (Love conquering evil!) then I'm not going to have any respect for you. It's just not happening. Because if you're ignorant enough to believe stuff like that....I won't be able to take you seriously. It's along the same lines (in my book at least) of the people who think HP is a Twilight rip-off, that the Glee covers are the originals, ect.

[Daniel]

I think part of it is how people grow up with books. If all people experience from school is being forced to read boring books nobody is going to like reading. Plus, I think, when people are "forced" to read they tend to not want to. People tend to automatically think, "I'll hate this since people are forcing me." Which is not always true.
I also think that it it can be the parents. If parents don't really encourage reading at a young age it may not seem all that appealing in the future. When I was little, my mom would always try to do some time of story time. Usually before bed. I remember my mom reading harry potter when I was young. She would read around a chapter a day. Even though I didn't always understand everything, I think it was really helpful.
I think hearing stories at a young age helped me find out that there really are some great books out there. Yes, I do enjoy sports, but I certainly like books too. I think they're great, and I don't know what I would do without them.

I think boys seemed more pressured into playing a sport rather then reading. I know some kids who are forced to play a sport but I hardly hear about anyone being forced to read a book from there parents.

[shady boots]

Well I'm a guy and I can't live without reading.
Then again, there's absolutely no masculinity in me, like, at all. So I don't know if I count. xD

[Crowleaf]

I am a guy, and I love to read. Several (8-9) of my friends that are guys also love to read, and I know a lot of girls that don't like to read. I guess it's just your location.

[Ingrid]

I think you're right, Sam. I think it depends on the circle of friends you have, the school you go to, and even the house you live in.

[Megha]

Yep. I think it also depends on influences - if your parents are, say, writers or bookworms, having hundreds of books around you will probably encourage you to read a lot.

The reason, I think, why boys end up playing sports much more is because all the "other" boys do, and they get influenced by what they see around them.

I personally think boys who like to read are AWESOME. And sadly I don't know (in real life) more than one boy who actually likes to read...

[ɐzzıɹʞ]

OmG.. I agree with you specially about the boys-who-like-to-read-are-AWESOME part. L0L

[harshini]

Sometimes even when a boy does read you never know he does cause he keeps that habit in the dark for the fear of being made fun of.

[Sonja ソニャ]

It's strange because at my school I always see the guys reading in the library. I only know of 2 girls (apart from me) that actually read, and they read chick-lit.