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My question is, out of all the artificial choices a writer and/or publisher makes out of considerations of marketability, why does this one inspire resentment so much more than the others.
I feel no resentment about it. Perhaps others do. I really just want to avoid people jumping to conclusions because of the way dice rolled. If I got overwhelming opinions that I needed to add/swap to female characters, I would do it in hopes of better sales in future.
I think some resentment may come from this kind of situation:
"There are not enough female characters in your book."
"Are you saying I'm sexist?"
"No."
"Oh, so you think I just can't write female characters?"
"Not necessarily, but how could I know for sure? There's only one woman in the whole book and she's a deaf mute."
"I see your point."
"Yes, I think you have deep seeded issues."
--- That got away from me but you can see what I mean. If someone reads my book and notices a distinct lack of women that might cause them to think untrue things about me. But, at the same time, since those things are untrue, I should not have to change my book to keep people from jumping to false conclusions.
All of this is moot to a certain extent once a writer keeps these things in mind before writing the book...