which genre rubs you the way? (serious thread

I have a problem with shojo because i just dont like books where the female is the hero. (this is also why I have a tough time watching the Disney channel, because of the more girl shows) Usually because of the way that guys are protrayed in the stories. They usually are bumbling idiots, helpless or evil and always losing a fight. I belive this is because i never had enough male role models and there fore the idea of a strong chracter who could save the world and stop all evil with just a swing of a sword or the force of a punch or the utterance of a single word really appealed to me. I'll give it to the japanese for beginning to treat women more as equals (loosest sense).

I didn't like any of GITS because it was just too friggin' boring!  Yap yap yap blah blah blah shut up and shoot somebody dammit! I enjoy me a good philosophical show if it's done well, particularly if it's character driven.

Shows that I don't like are the fighting ones with girls with massive breasts getting their clothes ripped off for no reason. The genres of action and porn don't mix too well together in the medium...the focus is a bit off.