This time it's the male lead's crooked smile! I know! You love them! I know it because so many male love interests have one!
So I've been wondering, if we took a survey, what percentage of men would have crooked smiles? How would that compare to the percentage of romantic males in novels?
Men have a distinct disadvantage over women in this regard, whereas a female might feel scarred for life over not having the ability to look through her eye lashes, (this has been discussed in a previous post) I suspect men are blissfully unaware that love is so dependent on a crooked smile.
Perhaps this is why nerds are nerds. Many men don't read romance novels. Any publisher will tell you the target audience for romance is people of the female persuasion. Don't argue the point with me, I'm just stating the way it is.
Now how is a guy supposed to understand how to not be a nerd and how to be a romantic hero if he doesn't read romance? There is a sad lack of critical education going on here. A guy could be born, live and die a nerd and never know it.
No wonder the 'male ego' is a thing. How is society supposed to manipulate and subvert men with this kind of business going on? How are men supposed to find out they should have crooked smiles and rumpled hair in order to find true love?
Instead they go around defying all the rules without having these horrifying deficiencies hanging over their heads and destroying all hope of happiness.
Life is so unfair.
