Men's and Women's writing styles

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Happy snowy day, MyLot! By the way, the video link at the bottom isn't anything to do with the title - it's just me, getting up early this morning to go move my car and showing you the roads getting cleared off. I thought some of you might really enjoy seeing it, particularly those of you who don't get snow. But, what I really wanted to talk about is men's and women's writing styles as evidenced by two novels that I recently listened to in audiobook format. No man (or woman) bashing is intended. And not all men, nor all women write like this. Thank goodness. I listened to the audiobook version of Jodi Piccolt's "Vanishing Acts" first. A woman had her life turned upside by the solving of an old kidnapping case. The main character has 2 love interests who are slavishly devoted to her - ignoring all others and obsessively, impossibly in love with her. Now I'm not saying that men can't be that way - but in this book Piccolt takes it to an almost cartoonish level. The next book that I happened to enjoy in audio format was John Sanford's "Escape Claus" - a story about a man tracking down thieves who stole 2 rare tigers. It's set in my home state of Minnesota. However Sandford's main character enjoys oogling other women in front of his girlfriend. I thought it was hilarious the contrast between the versions of attraction between the genders. While there are likely people who exemplify both extremes, the majority of people probably fall somewhere in the middle of those extremes. Totally unrelated weather video: