hour_of_the_rat t1_j4q4gg1 wrote on January 17, 2023 at 2:10 PM

Reply to comment by MicahSolomonVernon in Why don’t I, as a woman, like books with female protagonists? by out_cyder

I've never found that identifying or not identifying with a character because of their gender was why I did or did not enjoy a book.

Choice_Mistake759 t1_j4qzbsy wrote on January 17, 2023 at 5:36 PM

>I've never found that identifying or not identifying with a character because of their gender was why I did or did not enjoy a book.

Good for you, good pics. But a few times, yeah, I have been totally pulled off enjoying a book by characters behaving in ways that made no sense to me considering their gender and social circunstances which out some stresses, constraints which did not fit actions...