men have different goals. i am considered a competent writer by english major standards, but i use my talent by writing/translating loli visual novel erotica. i legitimately do not care about literary fiction because it is not fun and i have a real job.   this meme is not on topic. the right chad is not literary fiction. leviathan and plato are not literary fiction. the left virgin is genre fiction. genre fiction is literary fiction, despite what childless cat ladies otherwise believe.     these are mostly false, but have some truth, but more importantly feel true. at least some literary fiction gate keepers are legitimately hostile to men. the nyt opinion author herself states in a lament on the lack of men: > to be clear, i welcome the end of male dominance in literature. men ruled the roost for far too long, too often at the expense of great women writers who ought to have been read instead.  it's not hard to imagine what her kind would say behind closed doors. however i would argue there is no real problem from man's exclusion from the field however. men's hobbyist fiction is not considered literary fiction by the (mostly female) institutionalists gate keeping it. the world responds by marginalizing literary fiction field. and at the same time the market rewards men's hobbyist fiction, propelling men to great heights of success and fame, like grr martin for example. "you get what you fucking deserve."
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