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If you thought nobody buysbooksat brick-and-mortar bookstores anymore, youd be wrong.
According to Statista,bookstores sellmore than 700 million paper books each year.
New bookstores are even popping up in smaller cities, inviting people to shop for their favorite stories.
But not all bookstores are so welcoming.
While its statistically true that men creep on children more often, women commit these types of crimes too.
Someresearch suggeststhat 10%-25% of perpetrators are women or female adolescents.
This bias also persists inchildcare.
A 2021 studyset outto find out why men are so underrepresented in early childhood education roles.
They found that employers choose women because of gender bias.
Males get rejected simply because theyre men and, therefore, are incompetent in childcare.
For some reason, we think that its inappropriate or shameful for adults to read childrens or YA books.
The readers reported around 220 various titles.
Some people may re-read thechildrens booksthey read as kids for that feeling of familiar comfort.
Also, as the OP very rightly says, childrens picture books are hilarious!
As a former nanny, I completely agree.
They say: look, this is what bravery looks like.
This is what generosity looks like.
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