Oh God, I just realized something: every single one, every SINGLE one, of the top 10 bestsellers of the decade turns almost entirely on the plot of a woman's suffering, dying, or abuse. How did I not see this until just now? And how soon can I go back to bed today https://t.co/HaAg3nIxu2

— Anna Sproul-Latimer (@annasproul) December 20, 2019

And yet women buy 80 percent of all fiction, men only 20 percent. I’d wager for the Fifty Shades pap, it’s probably more like 95 percent women buyers.

Also, in fiction, bad things tend to happen. It’s what makes for the drama. No mystery here. People want to read about others like them. This revelation then is less than revelatory. Deep examination is not really for Twitter, but this is a false mind boggle in the wild.