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FakeNoose

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22. Aren't most of those authors women?

Reply to Nigrum Cattus (Reply #19)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 11:33 AM

16 hrs ago

My impression has always been that women are the creators and consumers of the "romance" genre fiction. However men (mostly) are the creators and consumers of the raunchier stuff that most of us label as "porn."

Yes I know ... there are many exceptions ... but I'm talking in general terms only.

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