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What is a man's book? And if we have those, then do we also have men's films (don't answer that ) or men's music? I'd say that there is no such thing, so why are we able to label a book in that way?
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I'd say that, primarily, a book could be labeled "A man's book/movie" if it deals with the subject of war; movies/books like "Band of Brothers" or "Apocalypse Now" (Neither of which, I a female, particularly liked.) So, is it perhaps this,
Fordim that turns the girls in your class off? I, for one, do not particularly like war and would rather avoid it at all costs, even within my literature. But even still, I don't think that The Hobbit deals with war or weapons all that much. The battle at the end is even rather funny at times (when they can't find Bilbo edhc.) and isn't graphic at all.
This theory seems to work though. I've never read Treasure Island and perhaps I should, but I seem to think that it would have some sort of violence with guns and war. And The Hobbit with the battle with the goblins and at the end near the Lonely Mountain seems also to fit in this category. Ask them if they enjoy watching war movies like "A Very Long Engagement" (romantic/war) or if they like to read stories like "The Wall." (Sartre) These encompass a very broad view of war and I wonder if they are inclined to like any of them.