I used to like to read more about men because I found them very mysterious, and having lots of sisters and female friends, felt that I knew enough of women in rl. Also, the types of female characters I encountered in fiction weren't very satisfying.
Oh yes, exactly. That is basically why my interest is more in male characters than in female.
Lately, the second part seems less of a problem though (love the women on Battlestar or Farscape etc).
Funny thing is, I don't generally need (or even want) a character I can identify with at all. My favorite narratives/characters are never that. My favorite books are either Lymond Chronicles or Remarque's Three Comrades and I have no identification with any characters in them, male or female. My fave shows are BSG and Farscape and I really have no character who is 'like me' at all in it and don't identify with anyone. Even for my dramas, I don't really identify with most anyone in my fave dramas at all...
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Oh yes, exactly. That is basically why my interest is more in male characters than in female.
Lately, the second part seems less of a problem though (love the women on Battlestar or Farscape etc).
Funny thing is, I don't generally need (or even want) a character I can identify with at all. My favorite narratives/characters are never that. My favorite books are either Lymond Chronicles or Remarque's Three Comrades and I have no identification with any characters in them, male or female. My fave shows are BSG and Farscape and I really have no character who is 'like me' at all in it and don't identify with anyone. Even for my dramas, I don't really identify with most anyone in my fave dramas at all...