Post 1 Flynn

Flynn' article highlights gender differences in the ways males and females think, react, and write. I thought, "No shit, tell me something I don't know." How quick I was to jump to conclusions! As I reached the end, Flynn articulated her point so well that my eyes were opened to the deeper issue, especially when I read that "women often read as men", which is something that sounds so obvious yet I never  gave a second thought, much less first. Readers often put themselves in characters' shoes, which means that just as women read as men, men read as women. I refer to it as active reading but never gave the gender issue a thought.