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November 15, 2007 11:37 AM
Celebrity books and chick lit "a turn off"
Another survey - this one by book swap site Read It Swap It - has found that what you're seen reading in public can affect your chances with the opposite sex.
44% of men said there is no way they would view a woman reading The Secret Dreamworld Of A Shopaholic as attractive, and in fact they would find it "a real turn-off".
Meanwhile, over a third of women said they would actually be physically repulsed by a man they saw reading The World According To Clarkson in public.
But then both of those books have negative connotations outside simply "chick lit" or "lad lit" definitions (for example, a man might think a woman reading a shopaholic book is a gold digger, hell bent on spending his money; a woman seeing a man reading Clarkson might think he was a reactionary moron ... and she'd be right).
But that's not all!
Two-thirds of British people perceive readers of celebrity autobiographies to be physically unattractive.
Yep, you read that right. The results show 66% of adults make negative judgments about the appearance of a person they see reading Being Jordan or Beckham: My World in public.
Imagine how hideous Jeremy Clarkson would look reading Beckham: My World... *shudder*
So what do you think? Do you make judgements about people based on what they're reading? What would put you off? What would attract you and make you want to talk to someone?
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Comments
I think it's a little harsh to judge someone - male or female - as a reactionary moron just because they read a book.
If one reads the Bible, does that automatically make one a Christian? If one reads 'In Search of Perfection' does that automatically make one an insanely perfectionist chef a la Heston Blumenthal?
No.
Just reading a Clarkson book doesn't mean that you subscribe to his world view. It is possible to enjoy reading what he writes in order to laugh at him (as opposed to with him).
Posted by: Matthew Hughes | November 15, 2007 3:56 PM
I'm afraid I do that. If someone next to you on the train is reading a trashy gossip magazine with 'super sextricks!' on the cover, I have the tendency to think of them as silly... a bad , judgemental habit, because for all it's worth, they've been reading a Proust at home and are now very tired and want a break.
plus, I like Shopaholic :p
Posted by: Ledh | November 15, 2007 3:56 PM
I don't think I would make a quick judgment on someone based solely on what they're reading. Just the fact alone that they're reading is a good sign!
Posted by: Lucie Simone | November 15, 2007 4:12 PM
I'm more likely to be affected positively by public reading choices than negatively. That is, if I see someone reading something I like, then I tend to think I might like that person, and I find him more attractive. But I generally don't make negative judgments based on reading material because you never know why someone might be reading something. It might have been left on the seat and he picked it up out of curiosity, it could be that he needed a break and was looking for something mindless, etc.
I guess all that could hold true for the good stuff, but I guess I choose to look on the bright side.
Posted by: Shanna Swendson | November 15, 2007 4:47 PM
Matthew, I was being tongue-in-cheek. And, yes, of course you can read Clarkson to laugh *at* him, just make sure you don't buy the book and add to his fortune!
Shanna, I'm with you. I often want to start a conversation with someone I've seen reading a book I love, but, you know, they'd think I was crazy, so I don't.
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