> there is no reason why liking books by male authors over female authors (or vice-versa) in certain genres should be sexist. There have been studies showing that consumers can relate better to characters and such that share their same gender/culture than those that don't.
Of course you are generally right; we all naturally tend toward our own tribe. The question is, what do we do about it.
If white males have the power, and they naturally hire, read, talk to, etc. other white males, then there is a big problem for everyone else in society. You can see the results everywhere; as I posted somewhere, look at a group photo of Congress and see if you can spot any statistical anomalies about the demographics.
The tribal tendency is a bad one. We hire/read/etc less than the best, many people suffer discrimination, and it leads to much worse things: Horrible oppression, genocide, black teens getting shot, centuries of political and economic discrimination, etc.
Of course you are generally right; we all naturally tend toward our own tribe. The question is, what do we do about it.
If white males have the power, and they naturally hire, read, talk to, etc. other white males, then there is a big problem for everyone else in society. You can see the results everywhere; as I posted somewhere, look at a group photo of Congress and see if you can spot any statistical anomalies about the demographics.
The tribal tendency is a bad one. We hire/read/etc less than the best, many people suffer discrimination, and it leads to much worse things: Horrible oppression, genocide, black teens getting shot, centuries of political and economic discrimination, etc.