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'I don't read books by women'

venkman

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Schwartz is an avid reader of books -- going through 500-plus pages in a day when he was single, not married with three kids as he is now -- and the latest niches intriguing him are the Civil War and historical fiction.

"If I find an author -- David Morrell, Mario Puzo, John Grisham or any guy I hear is good -- I'll read everything he did," Schwartz said. "I don't read books by women. I've tried to, but their perspective is different, so I stick with what I like."
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As long as he doesn't read any books by Matt Millen, I'm confident the Schwartz will lead the Lions to at least one victory this year.

Maybe.
 
I think that women are far too diverse and varied to be grouped together as a single body with a shared perspective; however, this truth clearly escapes Mr Schwartz. He should read Patricia Cornwell and attempt to accept a world that is not divided into neatly stacked pidgeon holes.
 
So? Can't fault the guy for his opinion. All he said was he preferred the perspective of books written by men; he didn't say women can't write.
 
Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
So? Can't fault the guy for his opinion. All he said was he preferred the perspective of books written by men; he didn't say women can't write.
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Why not? I think too many people use the "freedom of speech" clause to excuse idiotic statements. Books written by men have a collective perspective?


 
Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
So? Can't fault the guy for his opinion. All he said was he preferred the perspective of books written by men; he didn't say women can't write.
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Yes, you can. The fact that he believes all women are so alike as to convey the same perspective reveals a deep sexism and prejudice in him.
 
I won't read books by Chinese authors. Mainly because I can't read Chinese.

I'm wondering if the guy likes books that are written by women but the women are using male pseudonyms.
 
Originally posted by: venkman
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Schwartz is an avid reader of books -- going through 500-plus pages in a day when he was single, not married with three kids as he is now -- and the latest niches intriguing him are the Civil War and historical fiction.

"If I find an author -- David Morrell, Mario Puzo, John Grisham or any guy I hear is good -- I'll read everything he did," Schwartz said. "I don't read books by women. I've tried to, but their perspective is different, so I stick with what I like."
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As long as he doesn't read any books by Matt Millen, I'm confident the Schwartz will lead the Lions to at least one victory this year.

Maybe.
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He sounds like just the kind of idiot the Lions would hire. The NFL really needs to stage an intervention and raze the Lions and the Bengals. They're such terrible franchises that they can't get out of their own way.
 
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
So? Can't fault the guy for his opinion. All he said was he preferred the perspective of books written by men; he didn't say women can't write.
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Yes, you can. The fact that he believes all women are so alike as to convey the same perspective reveals a deep sexism and prejudice in him.
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Agreed. He's a twat.
 
I can understand his position to a certain extent. I've read a lot of female authors and I just don't empathize with their characters approximately 75% of the time. That said there are some very good female novelists (Robin Hobb).
 
I downloaded some episodes of the How Stuff Works podcast Things You Missed in History Class. It was hosted by two women. It sucked. Women and history don't mix. It's not that women are inferior, women just tend to be less interested in history than men. When you have a larger pool of people to pull from you're likely to get more talent, so you see more talented male writers dealing with history.
 
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
So? Can't fault the guy for his opinion. All he said was he preferred the perspective of books written by men; he didn't say women can't write.
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Yes, you can. The fact that he believes all women are so alike as to convey the same perspective reveals a deep sexism and prejudice in him.
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whipty frickin do, we all have prejudices.
 
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
So? Can't fault the guy for his opinion. All he said was he preferred the perspective of books written by men; he didn't say women can't write.
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Yes, you can. The fact that he believes all women are so alike as to convey the same perspective reveals a deep sexism and prejudice in him.
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Agreed. He's a twat.
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I'd say that you two seeing sexism and prejudice in a one-off statement of someone's opinion means you're the prejudiced ones.
 
I can relate, but I think that the problem is more about an abundance of hack writers who get paid to churn out book after book of rehashed storylines with the same characters than it is about the quality of female authors.

We have them on the men's side as well: Jonathan Kellerman, John Sandford, and the worst of the lot, Clive Cussler. It's just that being male we can identify with these caricatures with more ease than we can with the caricatures that hack female writers dream up.

Edit: I just read that the movie Sahara is based on a Dirk Pitt (Clive Cussler) novel. Fittingly, its scores:

It holds a 38% 'rotten' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and with a score of 41 out of a 100 on Metacritic.
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Mother: All right. Now, are you ready to tell me where you heard that word?
Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] Now, I had heard that word at least ten times a day from my old man. He worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium; a master. But, I chickened out and said the first name that came to mind.
Ralphie: Schwartz!
 
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