I don't know if this resonates with you, but when I was a teen, I often related or liked the male characters in shows and theater. Can't remember if I felt that way about books, but I'd imagine so.
When I mentioned this to a friend, she said it might be because male roles are written better. They tend to be the heroes, have more range, are given more back story, etc. The female roles were secondary.
A lot has changed since then, and there are lots of stories with female leads now. That said I don't know anything about the horror genre.
Also in writing this I realized my all time favorite books are all male focused, ie. A Little Life, 1984, Watership down, Enders Game. I do like Celeste ng and Emily St. John Mandel, who write good female characters.
Nstarlite1 t1_j4r6blz wrote
Reply to Why don’t I, as a woman, like books with female protagonists? by out_cyder
I don't know if this resonates with you, but when I was a teen, I often related or liked the male characters in shows and theater. Can't remember if I felt that way about books, but I'd imagine so.
When I mentioned this to a friend, she said it might be because male roles are written better. They tend to be the heroes, have more range, are given more back story, etc. The female roles were secondary.
A lot has changed since then, and there are lots of stories with female leads now. That said I don't know anything about the horror genre.
Also in writing this I realized my all time favorite books are all male focused, ie. A Little Life, 1984, Watership down, Enders Game. I do like Celeste ng and Emily St. John Mandel, who write good female characters.