'I don't read books by women'

[Queasy]

Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] Schwartz created a slight breach of etiquette by skipping the triple dare and going right for the throat!

 

[Dumac]

Well, in my experience the good book/bad book ratio is a low lower looking at solely women authors rather than male authors. And a lot of times women do write differently, in a way that this man not like. However, there are some great female writers out there that I feel bad he is missing out on. Toni Morrison is one of my favorite female authors, for example.

In a bookstore, however, it is usually pretty easy to find which books are written by a woman. If they have some stupid, supposed-to-be-catchy title and cover, most likely it is a woman who wrote it.

It is all just demographics...

 

[oogabooga]

I was going to say something judgmental and presumptive, but then I realized I can't really remember the last book I read that was written by a woman, Much less any favorite female writers.

 

[KMFJD]

definitly a slow news day

/big wopty do about nothin'

 

[Gigantopithecus]

I read tons of non-fiction books & technical papers written by women, but I just checked my fiction shelves. Out of about 100 novels, none were written by a woman & only three have a female co-author.

 

[TehMac]

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.

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.

Maybe it's true? Most of the books written by women I have read all have the same bull shit feminist ideology. Fuckin sluts need to make me a sandwich.

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: Phokus
case in point: Ayn Rand, worst author ever 😀

I knew you'd say something about that. :roll: I doubt you have ever read an Ayn Rand book, but your bigotry is so all encompassing, you feel compelled to try and attack her to make yourself feel better.

You are a sad little man, the only solution being a simple one. Sit in your car with the engine running, while a pipe is connected from the exhaust into the passenger cabin, preferably right next to the driver seat.

It's the only way to be sure.

 

[n yusef]

ATOT outdoes itself, once again.

 

[preslove]

Why would anyone ask the Coach of the Detroit Lions about his opinion on anything?

Patriots, Steelers, Giants? Sure. Kind of silly, but... sure, why not. The fucking Lions? Only a moron would take that job.

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: TehMac

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.

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.

Maybe it's true? Most of the books written by women I have read all have the same bull shit feminist ideology. Fuckin sluts need to make me a sandwich.

Haha.

Maybe the guy is just tired of reading books by women and not liking them. You read enough and not like them, how inclined will you be to read more?

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: TehMac

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
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.

Maybe it's true? Most of the books written by women I have read all have the same bull shit feminist ideology. Fuckin sluts need to make me a sandwich.

This is what I'm talking about; if the Lions coach had said this, I could see calling him a sexist. But he didn't. He said that he tried to read books by women and didn't like their perspective.

In my music collection, about 99% of what I own and listen to is male artists or male groups with male singers. I rarely listen to female vocalists. It's not because I don't believe women can't make good music; something about the male perspective draws me to male artists. Does that make me sexist? Absolutely not. And if you argue it does, you aren't using that word correctly.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: preslove
Why would anyone ask the Coach of the Detroit Lions about his opinion on anything?

Patriots, Steelers, Giants? Sure. Kind of silly, but... sure, why not. The fucking Lions? Only a moron would take that job.

Why would anyone ask the opinion of a football coach on what literature he reads? This is not a group of men known for their literary prowess. It's dumb luck they found one who could articulate a preference beyond "Penthouse forum and books about war."

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: Chryso
I don't read posts written by women.

Then it's fortunate you're on the internet because there are no girls here!

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Fayd
hah... i cant think of any of my favorite books that are written by women either.

Zadie Smith is good, but I think the issue is that there really is a lack of quality female writers, in comparison to male writers.

There are plenty of great ones out there, that plenty of manly men would likely enjoy, but their overall numbers are simply smaller.

Here's a handful:

Flannery O'Conner, Jamaica Kincaid, Annie Proulx, Carson McCullers, Alice Munro

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: Fayd
hah... i cant think of any of my favorite books that are written by women either.

Zadie Smith is good, but I think the issue is that there really is a lack of quality female writers, in comparison to male writers.

There are plenty of great ones out there, that plenty of manly men would likely enjoy, but their overall numbers are simply smaller.

Here's a handful:

Flannery O'Conner, Jamaica Kincaid, Annie Proulx, Carson McCullers, Alice Munro

tbh i'm not much of a reader. what i have read has mostly been either epics (moby dick, divine comedy, the arabian nights, Illiad/Oddesy, etc), Sci Fi (dune), or military/political philosophy.(the prince, the art of war..)

those types of books are not the type that invite a lot of female authors. though i dont know who the author was on the arabian nights. it might have been a woman. not sure. lots of sex in it tho. 0.o

 

[coldmeat]

Nobody cares about your shitty local news. Well, at least I don't and that means nobody does.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Fayd

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: Fayd
hah... i cant think of any of my favorite books that are written by women either.

Zadie Smith is good, but I think the issue is that there really is a lack of quality female writers, in comparison to male writers.

There are plenty of great ones out there, that plenty of manly men would likely enjoy, but their overall numbers are simply smaller.

Here's a handful:

Flannery O'Conner, Jamaica Kincaid, Annie Proulx, Carson McCullers, Alice Munro

tbh i'm not much of a reader. what i have read has mostly been either epics (moby dick, divine comedy, the arabian nights, Illiad/Oddesy, etc), Sci Fi (dune), or military/political philosophy.(the prince, the art of war..)

those types of books are not the type that invite a lot of female authors. though i dont know who the author was on the arabian nights. it might have been a woman. not sure. lots of sex in it tho. 0.o

There are very few women in those genres. The only one that comes to mind is George Elliot, in terms of classic authors.

Well. there is always Mary Shelley, who wrote Frankenstein. IIRC, there were a few classical Greek or Roman female poets that are somewhat obscure, but names escape me. There simply weren't many "available resources" for women to actually become published writers.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: TehMac

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.

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.

Maybe it's true? Most of the books written by women I have read all have the same bull shit feminist ideology. Fuckin sluts need to make me a sandwich.

Oh yes, because YOU have read several "feminist ideology" books by woman authors. You are completely and utterly full of shit. Note that NOT ONE of the authors or poets listed below fits the completely BS, pulled out of his ignorant ass description that you blurted onto the page.

Some woman authors whose books I've particularly liked:

Anne Tyler
Louise Erdich
Anais Nin
Joyce Carol Oates
Doris Lessing
Toni Morrison -- Nobel Prize for Literature Winner
Susan Sontag
Nadine Gordimer -- Nobel Prize for Literature Winner
Margaret Atwood
Andre Norton -- I read all of her sci-fi novels as a 7th grader and never even realized she wasn't a man!

Two extremely funny and witty woman writers:

Molly Ivins
Dorothy Parker


Some others even you pinheads may have heard of:

Amy Tan
Pearl Buck -- Nobel Prize for Literature Winner
Ursula K. Le Guin
Mary Shelly -- wrote Frankenstein
Isabelle Allende
Virginia Wolfe
Alice Walker
Lillian Hellman
Erica Jong

Some of my favorite poets are women, too:

Sharon Olds -- One of the very best of either gender
Diane Wakowski
Emily Dickinson -- you may have heard of her.

And, HEY, that Doris Kearns Goodwin apparently never got the memo that women make crappy historians!

:roll:

 

[SunSamurai]

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.

You're as stupid as fuck.

..but thats just my opinion.

 

[RESmonkey]

I chuckled as I read this thread.

 

[91TTZ]

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.

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.

While all that may be true, who really cares? This guy was hired as a football coach not as a book critic.

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: TehMac

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.

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.

Maybe it's true? Most of the books written by women I have read all have the same bull shit feminist ideology. Fuckin sluts need to make me a sandwich.

Oh yes, because YOU have read several "feminist ideology" books by woman authors. You are completely and utterly full of shit. Note that NOT ONE of the authors or poets listed below fits the completely BS, pulled out of his ignorant ass description that you blurted onto the page.

Some woman authors whose books I've particularly liked:

Anne Tyler
Louise Erdich
Anais Nin
Joyce Carol Oates
Doris Lessing
Toni Morrison -- Nobel Prize for Literature Winner
Susan Sontag
Nadine Gordimer -- Nobel Prize for Literature Winner
Margaret Atwood
Andre Norton -- I read all of her sci-fi novels as a 7th grader and never even realized she wasn't a man!

Two extremely funny and witty woman writers:

Molly Ivins
Dorothy Parker


Some others even you pinheads may have heard of:

Amy Tan
Pearl Buck -- Nobel Prize for Literature Winner
Ursula K. Le Guin
Mary Shelly -- wrote Frankenstein
Isabelle Allende
Virginia Wolfe
Alice Walker
Lillian Hellman
Erica Jong

Some of my favorite poets are women, too:

Sharon Olds -- One of the very best of either gender
Diane Wakowski
Emily Dickinson -- you may have heard of her.

And, HEY, that Doris Kearns Goodwin apparently never got the memo that women make crappy historians!

:roll:

No Agatha Christie? Ok, I can understand excluding her seeing as she is the best-selling author of all time.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Born2bwire

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: TehMac

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.

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.

Maybe it's true? Most of the books written by women I have read all have the same bull shit feminist ideology. Fuckin sluts need to make me a sandwich.

Oh yes, because YOU have read several "feminist ideology" books by woman authors. You are completely and utterly full of shit. Note that NOT ONE of the authors or poets listed below fits the completely BS, pulled out of his ignorant ass description that you blurted onto the page.

Some woman authors whose books I've particularly liked:

Anne Tyler
Louise Erdich
Anais Nin
Joyce Carol Oates
Doris Lessing
Toni Morrison -- Nobel Prize for Literature Winner
Susan Sontag
Nadine Gordimer -- Nobel Prize for Literature Winner
Margaret Atwood
Andre Norton -- I read all of her sci-fi novels as a 7th grader and never even realized she wasn't a man!

Two extremely funny and witty woman writers:

Molly Ivins
Dorothy Parker


Some others even you pinheads may have heard of:

Amy Tan
Pearl Buck -- Nobel Prize for Literature Winner
Ursula K. Le Guin
Mary Shelly -- wrote Frankenstein
Isabelle Allende
Virginia Wolfe
Alice Walker
Lillian Hellman
Erica Jong

Some of my favorite poets are women, too:

Sharon Olds -- One of the very best of either gender
Diane Wakowski
Emily Dickinson -- you may have heard of her.

And, HEY, that Doris Kearns Goodwin apparently never got the memo that women make crappy historians!

:roll:

No Agatha Christie? Ok, I can understand excluding her seeing as she is the best-selling author of all time.

Lol, sorry, this was off the top of my head, there are plenty more really great women writers, I'm sure, Dame Agatha included. :thumbsup:

 

[wiredspider]

I am a woman.

I don't find any problem with what the guy said, he tried it and didn't like it. No reason he should waste time or money on something he does not enjoy.

Only books off hand that were written by a woman and I like are the Harry Potter ones. Though interestingly enough, she wrote under JK instead of Joanne. Do you guys think the books would had been as successful if she used Joanne?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: TehMac

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.

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.

Maybe it's true? Most of the books written by women I have read all have the same bull shit feminist ideology. Fuckin sluts need to make me a sandwich.

Oh yes, because YOU have read several "feminist ideology" books by woman authors. You are completely and utterly full of shit. Note that NOT ONE of the authors or poets listed below fits the completely BS, pulled out of his ignorant ass description that you blurted onto the page.

Some woman authors whose books I've particularly liked:

Anne Tyler
Louise Erdich
Anais Nin
Joyce Carol Oates
Doris Lessing
Toni Morrison -- Nobel Prize for Literature Winner
Susan Sontag
Nadine Gordimer -- Nobel Prize for Literature Winner
Margaret Atwood
Andre Norton -- I read all of her sci-fi novels as a 7th grader and never even realized she wasn't a man!

Two extremely funny and witty woman writers:

Molly Ivins
Dorothy Parker


Some others even you pinheads may have heard of:

Amy Tan
Pearl Buck -- Nobel Prize for Literature Winner
Ursula K. Le Guin
Mary Shelly -- wrote Frankenstein
Isabelle Allende
Virginia Wolfe
Alice Walker
Lillian Hellman
Erica Jong

Some of my favorite poets are women, too:

Sharon Olds -- One of the very best of either gender
Diane Wakowski
Emily Dickinson -- you may have heard of her.

And, HEY, that Doris Kearns Goodwin apparently never got the memo that women make crappy historians!

:roll:

:thumbsup: