I realized a while back I write a lot of my stories from the male perspective in the story, thought not exclusively. It depends who I'm writing. If in the LOST fandom I'm writing a Daniel/Charlotte fic, I'm more likely to write from Daniel's POV because his thoughts are more all over the place and Charlotte is a very concise, straightforward person. It goes to story voice. Whereas, if I'm writing any story with Juliet Burke in it, I'm more likely to use her voice than anyone else's because her train of thoughts makes the most sense to me and means I can spend more time on actual storytelling than the character, if that's the point of the story.
One advantage I noticed, from writing from the male perspective, is that it allows me to describe the women in the story without being romantic about it, necessarily. Maybe Daniel looks at Charlotte a certain way but doesn't verbalize it; that aids the story because you're in his head. Or maybe in Psych, Gus likes Abigail okay but doesn't feel romantic towards her. It's less suspenseful but also less confusing, and I try not to leave my readers confused unless I have to.
On the other hand, if I'm writing from the girl's perspective, it's most likely because I want to give her as much power as possible, if not in action then in thought, to your point about historical accuracy. Maybe she can't actually do anything herself - but she sure as hell wants to and will find some other way.
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One advantage I noticed, from writing from the male perspective, is that it allows me to describe the women in the story without being romantic about it, necessarily. Maybe Daniel looks at Charlotte a certain way but doesn't verbalize it; that aids the story because you're in his head. Or maybe in Psych, Gus likes Abigail okay but doesn't feel romantic towards her. It's less suspenseful but also less confusing, and I try not to leave my readers confused unless I have to.
On the other hand, if I'm writing from the girl's perspective, it's most likely because I want to give her as much power as possible, if not in action then in thought, to your point about historical accuracy. Maybe she can't actually do anything herself - but she sure as hell wants to and will find some other way.