What I can say is I do have some sympathy for a given character regardless of gender, given a specific story line. For example, if Tina was killed in a horrible way at some point, even showing blood, guts being ripped from her, and dismemberment, the horrific death would not bother me per se. But I would be saddened at her demise as a character from the story because I have some emotional investment in her as a character. I like her character, despite being female. But if it were Kevin, I would be saddened by his departure AND the bloody death scene would bother me. Additionally I would think “Here we go again. As usual, despite a host of female characters, it is one of the few male characters who is killed.” That often happens in stories. In the example from Bones I gave, I had zero emotional involvement with the victim (no background character development was shown), so that was not an issue. That was purely a gender thing. Had it been a male I probably would have turned it off.

BTW, for those of you who, if it doesn’t jump to conclusions, your brain doesn’t move at all, I’m not gay. But then, I’m not attracted to women either (or children, or pets, or farm animals, or insects, or invertebrates, or plastic toys, inflatable or otherwise).

FWIW, Douglas Adams supposedly thought the second book was the best book. I wonder if your problem was that the novelty had worn off by the time you got to it. I didn’t read the books; I listened to copies of the radio plays.