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Originally Posted by DNSB
If the story is well written with interesting characters and situations, I don't care if the lead character is male, female, Betan hermaphrodite, Gethenian ambisexual or other variant (Puppeteer bride, anyone?) unless that gender is in some way relevant to the storyline. In the vast majority of the books I read, I find worrying about the lead character's gender is as meaningless as worrying about the author's gender.
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The worrying is meaningless, but one can't help one's preferences, not much, anyway. While for most people there seems to be no difference, I find myself bored with the majority of female leads in genre fiction. I'll take a hermaphrodite or an ambisexual over female any time. Of course male leads can be just as boring, but I've encountered a lot more interesting male leads than females.
As to the author's gender, I couldn't care less.