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I'm not a big fan of gender stereotypes. That being said one could make an argument that a woman would identify more with female characters than a male might, so when watching women raped, tortured, killed, etc., a woman might have a more personal and visceral reaction. Where there is misogyny, a woman might react differently that a man as she identifies with the victim.
I can't stand exploitation, and maybe that's because I'm a woman... But my fiancé isn't a fan of exploitation either... And he's a guy, so...
People can make an argument either way as to weather or not gender dictates what One watches - I think it's more about your personal genre tastes and what characters you identify with. I have very few friends who like horror movies in general - In terms of movie genre stereotypes I have to deal with it's the assumption that because I have boobs I must like tripe such as Dirty Dancing or Pretty Woman... That bothers me more than people who find it "interesting" that I love horror.
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