Has the #MeToo movement affected romance novels?


By AGENCY
  • Books
  • Saturday, 03 Nov 2018

Romance novels are reflecting the current political climate women are experiencing with the MeToo movement. — NPR

Romance is a genre about women, by women and pored over by women – in the United States, 84% of readers of the genre are female, according to Romance Writers of America (RWA).

It’s a US$1bil (RM4.1bil) industry, and 35% of romance book buyers have been reading them for 20 years or more, according to RWA.

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