Reading differences between the sexes

[Pigwidgeon]

Hello,

I was off reading on the BBC's news website and came across an 
article on reading differences between males and females. The article 
is at: 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/arts/newsid_1342000/134
2048.stm

Quoting from the article: <<<Ms Hartley found that the men had tended 
to choose shorter books, which could be contributed to low boredom 
thresholds. 

They also preferred UK novels centred on the family. 

The women were more interested in crime stories and books with a 
strong love interest.>>>


I was interested with the crime stories more often in the females 
section. I did not know what to make of this as I personally would 
have expectated them to be more likely to be read by males (having 
said that I do not read many crime novels so maybe it is true).



Simon