Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-173.70.139.196-20140205003219/@comment-226878-20150530190017

It's a good point. For decades, the majority of main or at least important characters have been male. So we already have a long history of male expansion in personality and backstory. These days, it's not a big deal to have males get shunted to the background by means of not exploring their character as much as the females or just not at all. We have had centuries to establish how men become strong or weak or whatever. It has always been rare to come across tales that do likewise for women. It's hardly a new concept, but the amount of male-centric stories to female-centric is still not even nearing equal.

So many classic characters are being rewritten or reidentified as male especially when it comes to comic book superheroes.