Ask HN: Would this idea combat the negative portrayal of men in thriller novels?

2•amichail•7mo ago

As most readers of thriller novels are women, it's not a surprise that thrillers portraying men as violent criminals tend to make more money.

Instead of trying to get men to read more thriller novels, it would probably be easier — and more effective — to simply ask them to donate large sums of money to authors and publishers who release more balanced thriller novels.

Do you think this idea would work?

Comments

manfromchina1•7mo ago

Suppose the authors get large donations to write balanced stuff where men are more ambiguous than they are violent. Then there is a possibility that women will stop reading these novels if portraying men in the negative light was the reason they were reading these books in the first place.

amichail•7mo ago

If thriller novels become less popular because women stop reading them, then that's still reducing the negative portrayal of men.

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