YES—Men write better than women: “Male lit is violent, offensive, and crude, but it’s also genuine. Confident, without apology, ready to be humiliated, without the prudish restraint of grace, or the contemporary stink of gender guilt.”
NO—Women write better than men: “Women tell it straight. No choice but to be straight when nobody wants to acknowledge them anyway… [They] cut through the bullshit and [lay] us bare.”