You forgot to add the prostitute with a heart of gold! :D
To be honest I think it comes from our source material - mass media is pretty much produced for and by males and if you're looking for character with some pizzaz, bit of a sense of humour, and are active = 9.9 times out of 10 it's going to be a bloke. Men are the baseline of what is normal because it's their viewpoint that we see the world through.
I wouldn't beat yourself up about it, because we've all been conditioned this way - and they fact that you're aware is an improvement on a lot of people. Eh, write a male character and then change all the pronouns. :D
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To be honest I think it comes from our source material - mass media is pretty much produced for and by males and if you're looking for character with some pizzaz, bit of a sense of humour, and are active = 9.9 times out of 10 it's going to be a bloke. Men are the baseline of what is normal because it's their viewpoint that we see the world through.
I wouldn't beat yourself up about it, because we've all been conditioned this way - and they fact that you're aware is an improvement on a lot of people. Eh, write a male character and then change all the pronouns. :D