All I'm trying to do is go a step beyond what was found here, not disputing the findings here. And I think it's all right to speculate and find theories of why the results were what they were, else I think the research being done here might end up being pointless to some extent.
Does the study suggest that male reviewers prefer to read male authors, and by the degree being shown here? Or if we look deeper might be a study that suggests merely a preference in subgenre and what is found in that particular subgenre?
Then I ask myself, as a blog with male reviewers who focuses on UF, why is it that our reviews are 65% female authors, which is vastly different to those of my male counterparts? Then I look at a blog like All Things Urban Fantasy and Janicu's Book Blog (studied here), and see how lopsided their review pattern is from female to male authors, and I think there's a strong suggestion that the disparity in gender reviews has a lot to do with the subgenre they're focusing on.
Then a step further, how does blog focus affect what books publishers are sent to said reviewers. And if a subgenre is dominated for reviews for a particular gender, what does that say about what is being published and its audience?
I don't know, but I find these questions entertaining and interesting to a complex issue which many seem to want to simplify.
Re: So, I review plenty of Urban Fantasy
Does the study suggest that male reviewers prefer to read male authors, and by the degree being shown here? Or if we look deeper might be a study that suggests merely a preference in subgenre and what is found in that particular subgenre?
Then I ask myself, as a blog with male reviewers who focuses on UF, why is it that our reviews are 65% female authors, which is vastly different to those of my male counterparts? Then I look at a blog like All Things Urban Fantasy and Janicu's Book Blog (studied here), and see how lopsided their review pattern is from female to male authors, and I think there's a strong suggestion that the disparity in gender reviews has a lot to do with the subgenre they're focusing on.
Then a step further, how does blog focus affect what books publishers are sent to said reviewers. And if a subgenre is dominated for reviews for a particular gender, what does that say about what is being published and its audience?
I don't know, but I find these questions entertaining and interesting to a complex issue which many seem to want to simplify.
And lastly, there are two sides to the coin.
-Bastard