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Question: Why is chick lit looked down on!?
They're the book equivalent of chick flicks!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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I think Chick Lit and Click Flicks are demeaning terms!. You don't call movies or books with nothing but guys Guy Lit or Guy Flicks!.

Lynn Runs with Vampires--the only reason men get paid more is because they work higher paying jobs!. Actually, my region's newspaper reported that women are beginning to make more money than men!. But if a woman worked the same job as a man, same experience, same hours, she would get paid the same!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It's still a man's world!. And although salaries are becoming more equal, it's still a fact that women in the same jobs do earn less in many cases!.

You can actually poke fun at men's genres too my wife does all the time (and, yeah, I think she has a valid point)!.

Chic lit/flicks are still seen as being slow, trival, loaed with sappy emotions, and other such generalizations compared to men's lit/flicks (action, adventure, thrillers) where stuff happens quickly, with no emotions, trophy girlfriends, and lots of "men save the world" ideas!.

Now that more women are in higher positions of the entertainment media, more career women with husbands at home tending kids, and the purchasing power of the general public is almost equal between men and women, the lines are getting blurred between the two genres!. More strong female characters in thrillers who don't "need" a man to save the world!. More movies where men's emotions in dealing with a problem are part of the plot!.

Even the old idea that women own cats and men own dogs, has changed a lot in my lifetime!. In my dad's youth, the only women who owned dogs had little lap yappers (basically a "barking cat")!. A man with cats was supposedly not likely to marry!. I wanted a pet I didn't have to walk in the winter snow, so I got a cat, and my wife married me anyway (haha)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

not all of it is but we live in a society where even though women have equal rights as men men still get paid more, can get a better job easier, actualy have pockets they can put stuff in on their pants, and other things too!. it sucks but its true!. i like chick litterature though, except for the mindless plastic babrbie doll highschool OMG im like totally popular books!. unless thats what you meant by chick lit!.!.in which case im sorry if i offended youWww@QuestionHome@Com

Yeah, and Chick Flicks are also looked down upon!.Www@QuestionHome@Com