Surprisingly, researchers found that even when the characters are animals, they tend to be male. The most comprehensive study of 20th century children's books ever undertaken in the United States ...

Characters in books are about four times more likely to be male than female, a new study of gender bias in literature has revealed. Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering used ...

A soldier who shows himself to be more than a cold war machine, Li Shang proves himself to be worthy of the title of one of fiction’s hottest male characters, especially in those scenes in which ...

If you want to create a balanced summer reading list, here are nine classic books with toxic male characters — and what to read instead if you're looking for a little less misogyny and volatility.

This list is updated to include more of the best male characters in Harry Potter and ... that it provides enough content for ...

A new study revealed that main characters in children’s books are still most often male. Professors at Princeton University and Emory University analyzed over 3,000 children’s books published ...

Have romance novel characters become ... this month that describes an emerging subgenre of romance novels featuring male love interests who are "sweet, supportive, and kind." ...

Indeed, Jo is most comfortable with herself, expressing a sense of individuality and strength of will that few literary characters, classic or modern, possess. Whether Jo is queer or not is up to ...

So, in spite of the raging sexism of his society, Shakespeare creates both male and female characters that defy ... will be relevant for teaching English Literature at KS3 and KS4/GCSE in England ...