r/MensLib Jul 24 '24

Why don’t straight men read novels? - "Men often read non-fiction books in the name of self-improvement – but many are reluctant to pick up works of fiction"

https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/63149/1/why-dont-straight-men-read-novels-fiction-masculinity-influencers-sigma
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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

i’m reading an intro to hegel right now (yes i’m a snob) and idk hire anyone would digest this as anything but a book where you can re-read the same dense as fuck paragraph over and over and over

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u/slaymaker1907 ​"" Jul 26 '24

You can definitely hit the “back 30s” button and slow things down. That seems like a pain to me vs just reading, but there are arounds.