I wish they had discussed the reasons why this appears to be the case. Is it because the men surveyed feel books written by women are the equivalent of chick flicks--tearjerkers with no action? All feelings and emotion? Is it subject matter, or simply the name on the spine? Both? Did they survey mainstream readers, or genre as well?

Apropos of nothing, Cormac McCarthy, afaik, it considered a lit'ry writer, but he writes some bloody stories that but for the grace of categorization could fall into the suspense category.