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Originally Posted by ekbell
If the author is female and the hyper-competent character is female, it is stated that the character is a Mary Sue self-insertion; if the author is female and the hyper-competent character is male, it is stated that she fell in love with her character.
At least with Dorothy Sayer I can see why one might believe this (as she married her detective to a woman who bore some resemblance to herself) but sometimes it seems the mere fact of hyper-competent masculinity is considered sufficient proof of falling in love.
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I don't think it's as sexist as you make it sound. Male authors can (and do) also write Mary Sue/Gary Stu characters.