We are indeed harder and worse on romantic writing. I suspect it's still classed as Girl Stuff. Versus other things, which are Important Stuff.
And yes. It's more than vaguely condescending. This is a large component of my problem with the LJ discourse on the topic. It is being rather shitty to the readers whose welfare it purports to be concerned with.
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We are indeed harder and worse on romantic writing. I suspect it's still classed as Girl Stuff. Versus other things, which are Important Stuff.
And yes. It's more than vaguely condescending. This is a large component of my problem with the LJ discourse on the topic. It is being rather shitty to the readers whose welfare it purports to be concerned with.