I don't stress over it or anything, but if I happen to notice a streak of straight-white men writing straight-white protags in my recently read shelf, then I'll make it a point to purposely seek out a little diversity (authors, characters and subjects). I've discovered many new favorite authors/books that way.
I have no real preference RE character/author gender, but I do think I tend to have reading habits. And habits have a way of evolving into ruts/crutches for me. So I think it's a good thing for me to occasionally break those habits. YMMV.
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