Not sure if this is in fact universal:
Men just cannot write romantic fiction, according to
a new television programme that examines the success of one of the most
denigrated of literary genres.
Daisy Goodwin, the
presenter of BBC 4’s Reader, I Married Him, a three-part series on the
novel to be shown in the autumn, said yesterday that, after
interviewing writers and readers, she had concluded that "you can’t
have a really seriously-written romantic book written by a man".
But I will admit to having tried. Failed badly too.
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