Plus I read in New Scientist last week that apparently tears are a physical turn-off due to their chemical composition. Men, apparently, really just do not LIKE women's tears!
Hey, I read that too! Isn't it weird? (and really depressing)
Would you feel better if you found out men were turned on by women's tears?
My theory is that the primary difference between how men experience stories and how women do is that most men aren't nearly so interested in the characters in the first place. So long as the characters are functional - they move a good plot along without tripping it up - they're sufficient.
I don't know. I can think of a few male writers who seemed interested in their characters. Tolstoy. Dostoevsky. Chekhov. Dickens. SHAKESPEARE. Even a few Americans, no doubt.
The majority of people are pretty poor at appreciating fiction, by which I assume you mean literature. I know men and women in pretty equal numbers who love good writing.
I agree that there are not enough men writing fanfiction to give us useful data, but I think both Khyber and Justin Glasser wrote pretty true-to-canon versions of Scully, don't you? I also think their writing is way, way above the standard of most fanfiction.
I think fanfiction is by nature pretty character-driven.
We've gotten pretty far off topic here.
Hey, I read that too! Isn't it weird? (and really depressing)
Would you feel better if you found out men were turned on by women's tears?
My theory is that the primary difference between how men experience stories and how women do is that most men aren't nearly so interested in the characters in the first place. So long as the characters are functional - they move a good plot along without tripping it up - they're sufficient.
I don't know. I can think of a few male writers who seemed interested in their characters. Tolstoy. Dostoevsky. Chekhov. Dickens. SHAKESPEARE. Even a few Americans, no doubt.
The majority of people are pretty poor at appreciating fiction, by which I assume you mean literature. I know men and women in pretty equal numbers who love good writing.
I agree that there are not enough men writing fanfiction to give us useful data, but I think both Khyber and Justin Glasser wrote pretty true-to-canon versions of Scully, don't you? I also think their writing is way, way above the standard of most fanfiction.
I think fanfiction is by nature pretty character-driven.