Why Girls Read More

    In the research of why boys read less then girls, other than the male perspective, the female perspective also has to be considered in order to understand the significant wide gender gap. To recap, Pam Allyn view point, author of Turn Your Boys into Readers, says that boys would read as much as girls, if the books they read appeal to their interests. Is that the same concept for girls? Do girls read more because it's easier for them to find books that appeal to their interests? Do girls read more because they have more patients towards reading? Studies show exactly why it is that girls read more. In Eric Weiner's article, Why Why Woman Read More Than Men , his view point is clear and simple: "women are more empathetic than men, and possess a greater emotional range—traits that make fiction more appealing to them." What Weiner is basically saying throughout his article is that men and woman (boys and girls alike) have separate interests due to psychological reasons.
                  As Pam Allyn explained in her article, boys' reading habits are effected by the interests that they acquire in life. A woman has more "emotional range" than a man would, one of the reasons why fiction is more popular for females. In his article, Weiner brings up several references to Ian McEwan, a British author who takes a significant interest in the reading gender gap. Weiner definitely agrees with McEwan's view points on why woman read more than men. "Explanations abound, from the biological differences between the male and female brains, to the way that boys and girls are introduced to reading at a young age." Says McEwan, with a view point that Weiner obviously agrees with. Weiner stresses in his article how biological and psychological differences play a large roll in the gender gap, and why women read more.
               He goes on explaining how genre has a lot to do with why women read more. Fiction in particular is brought up often in various explanations saying that womens' emotional range and interests draws them to reading like moths to lights. Now some studies show otherwise.
             Some studies suggest different views saying women read more because they have more patients and other things like that. But who's to say it's not both? Either way it goes, there's not denying the wide gender gap in reading.