Annie wrote:

I think this is more an indication of the differences in "male" and "female" viewers than anything else. Yes, females can like the action and the science and yes, the males can like the character interaction... but I think you still find that men tend to like one more than the other (on the whole) and that women go for the character interaction, the *emotions*, more than the action. This is one reason that media fandom, overall, and most fan fiction writers in media fandom, tend to be female.

I had to take a walk round the block after reading this (large block).

Considering the set of human beings, I think the spread of characteristics overlap more than they diverge between sexes. That is, if you want to characterise a human being, you're better of saying 'they like B7, they like cheese, they are interested in characters...' than saying they are male or female.

I find generalisations like the above somewhat frightening.

Tavia