Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-11058666-20150901033946/@comment-26237024-20150901173801

Let's be honest, people are much quicker to sympathize with female characters than male characters.

Actually, it's the opposite. It's been pointed out by many that the majority of fandom had a tendency to like or sympathize with male villains or anti-heroes than with those characters that are female. How the majority of fans viewed both Rumplestiltskin and Regina during the series' first two seasons are prime examples of this.