A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get young boys into books

Re:A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get yo... by chabska on Sunday November 08, 2026 @08:25AM (#50413115)

Somehow, one single year of female protagonist majority is more powerful than 3000 years of male protagonist majority.

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Re:A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get yo... by xg15 on Sunday November 08, 2026 @09:18AM (#50413584)

I'd be fine if we could have at least acknowledgment that the problem can hit boys too and not have different standards for different genders.

Apart from that, it feels dumb to make this a competition.

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Re:A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get yo... by ndsipa_pomu on Sunday November 08, 2026 @09:47AM (#50413804)

I don't understand how the "problem" is affecting boys when the vast majority of books feature male protagonists.

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