How come boys aren't enthusiastic on reading books?

Question

Us girls read a lot more but boys arent interested

Answer 1

i think its because guys like to be active. Even though i do know guys that like to read, but they read things they are into. Like you might see a girl reading a romance book and a guy reading a comic book.

Answer 2

boys like math more and girls like reading more i really dont know why tho haha

Answer 3

because we are more hands on and we dont care about what happend b 4 we wanna change the feature

Answer 4

usually guys are better at math

and girls are better at reading

nobody really knows why

Answer 5

how old are you?

if your a teen you should know most teens DONT read.

Answer 6

Because it takes most boys a little bit longer to learn how to read because boys are not as verbal as girls.  The best way to get boys excited about reading is get them started young, and get them books about things they find interesting.  

Answer 7

I read a lot, but I generally like more "hands-on" things to do, like hunting, fishing, sports, etc.

Answer 8

As a teacher, I studied this problem a lot during my training. It is complicated!

The simple answer is that the reading material available and focused on in school is 'stories' which do not interest most boys (some boys, yes, but not the majority). Most boys like to read non-fiction-- about how to do things, or how things work, or kinds of cars, or about real life. They are much more tacitile for the most part.

Answer 9

we like visuals.

Answer 10

I READ ALOT! I read EVERY book and story on Alex Rider in 6 days!

Answer 11

Not a fair generalization. Most of the guys I know read TONS. With the girls, it's a 50/50 split.... it's a personality thing, not a s*x/gender thing -- at least as we get older.

Answer 12

Sure they are. You're just hanging round with the wrong boys.

Answer 13

I wouldn't say all boy's. matter of fact... I have 4 boys, all grown and i would say that 2 that loved to read and 2 that did not. They didn't like to read what they had to when they were in school but only read the things they liked to read, like chapter books of horror stories,like Goosebumps and one would read about sports. things like that, that interest them.

Whats crazy is that when you see someone read and loves it as a child, we think they are going to do so well when they get older. Wrong!!! In my case, the boy's that loved to read are struggling to make it in this world and constantly moving back home. The ones that hates reading are successfully doing well. Go figure!

Answer 14

unfortunately a male's brain is more vision based. unless they learn to visualize what they are reading, they can find it hard to get into it