Clare Stephens

And this gender gap in reading is particularly pronounced when it comes to fiction.

It's women who are reading fiction and the rates of men reading fiction is really declining.

In a recent survey, 24% of people say they wouldn't date someone whose reading habits don't match their own.

I know.

I find it really interesting that people then, as April says in this article, she now considers it a red flag if somebody, if a guy that she's seeing doesn't read.

That's so interesting.

Yeah, it's just like doesn't read in general.

And don't worry, guys, she's got a new partner.

He has a library in his bedroom.

So don't stress April's fine.

I would find that very attractive.

I know.

Anyway, we'll get to that.

Obviously for April it was about dating, but I think a lot of us can find in our lives that with the men that we're around, whether it is our literal dads or our male friends or our brothers, that we wish we could be speaking the same language book-wise, that we could have conversations about what we're reading.

And it is something that women find really appealing in men.

And I think it can be a bit of a source of connection.

But another thing that we came across this week was a relationship and attraction group difference.

Date Psychology surveyed 840 men and women on the attractiveness of male pastimes.

And they found that the most attractive hobby to women that men could do, number one was reading.

I love this.