While we're on the topic of Pleasantview: I think a sex-changed Brandi Broke would be drastically different as well. Instead of seeing her as a welfare mom failing to provide for her kids ("OMG, why'd she have so many?"), unattractive to suitors because of the baggage of three kids, he'd be a single dad ("Isn't it sweet he's taking care of all his kids after the tragic death of his wife?"), viewed as attractive to women for his sense of responsibility proved simply by not abandoning his young. Basically, female Brandi Broke is Danny Tanner from Full House.

Hmmm... On the one hand, I love a good ass-kicking female character, which is not the same as a strong female character, as others have pointed out. On the other hand, trying to write for one, and sometimes reading one, sometimes makes them seem contrived and self-consciously ass-kicking to me. It's a catch-22. I don't want men to be attracted to only wilting flower female characters, but I resent when kicking-ass becomes commodified as just another thing that makes a girl sexy.

Sometimes I even feel resentful of the idea of writing for a "female character", because I'm anti-gender binary, and it feels like "female" is part of her body, and not a part of her character. But in a world where everyone has been socialized according to gender, that's not practical either.