Across 3,000 English-language books, ranging from novels, short stories and poetry, a massive gender gap was discovered.
A robot analysed the books and revealed that there are four times more male than female characters in books.
Male characters outnumber female characters 4:1 in books, AI study shows
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09 May 2022, International
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