An interview with Drs. Joanna Gregson and Jen Lois about the gendered community of romance

I sat down with Dr. Joanna Gregson and Dr. Jen Lois, two professors of sociology who are doing a years-long study of the sociology of the romance writing community. I attended their session at RWA and tweeted the pants off it (you can read the Storify collection of tweets if you'd like to learn more about their research and data). Later I begged for a few minutes so I could interview them further.

We talk about about their research, the things they've learned about the romance community and the patterns of behavior they identified as they gathered data. We also discuss whether romance is feminist, which led to discussion of valued work and devalued work, plus maternity leave policies in the US vs. other nations. It's a fascinating discussion, and I hope you enjoy it.