Male Readers Need To Read Books With Strong Female Characters, Too

''It's no secret that there's a serious lack of diversity and representation in the current literary landscape; more often than not, books will feature white, straight, cisgender people, usually boys and men. We need diverse books now more than ever, and that includes books featuring female characters of every color, ethnicity, religion, and sexuality. The gender bias within the publishing industry doesn't just ignore female authors, but it also ignores women's stories, too, stories that readers of every gender need to see, especially young readers.

There’s an ongoing conversation about the need for strong female characters in children’s literature, the most obvious argument for them being that that young women need to see themselves represented in the pages of books as often as boys, and not always as the damsels in distress. But what about young male readers? Girls aren’t the only ones who need to see the strength of their gender...''

by SADIE L. TROMBETTA