O/T: ARTICLE: Why women read more (fiction) than men

(forward from another group)

An increasing proportion of male readers are abandoning fiction altogether. Despite its title, this article from NPR doesn’t really tell us why; but it does help to quantify the change:http://www.npr.%20org/templates/%20story/story.%20php?storyId=

So eBook-reader designers now have something else to worry about — making gadgets that are attractive to women.Jon.