Men are visual creatures - they see no wrong in intensely observing someone, even if that someone is not welcoming of the attention. That's probably why there are more male stalkers than female ones. Also, it might also account for why so many writers think it is okay for a man to eye a woman they are interested in - because men are visually excited by women (aka natural behaviour). They don't see it as harassment the way women do.

Tim Kring did mention several times in interviews that his vision for 'Heroes' is that of multiculturalism, because the idea of superpowers being genetically derived suggests that anyone on the planet can get them. I found his attempts at it weak, though. Did you know that in the first draft, the character Hiro wasn't even in there? He was added only when Kring's wife thought the show was too angsty, and not because she thought the cast was too white. This season they added a pair of Latino siblings, but it rubs me wrongly in that I feel they were added for the sake of adding coloured characters, rather than because coloured characters will better serve the need of the storyline compared to white characters.

With SPN, I must confess that I'm a little uncomfortable with the way Dean breezes through one-night-stands. More in a "if Dean sleeps around a lot, he's a stud. But if a female character sleeps around, she is a slut" way.

I'll buy the female-as-victims angle, because it makes sense. If I were a crazed spook/monster/ghost/whatever, I'll make it a point to target someone physically smaller/weaker. Why would I want to give myself trouble by going for someone who can fight back? At least, that's how I see it.

Female writers tend to be typecasted into writing romance/drama stuff rather than action-y shows such as Heroes and SPN. I say we're lucky to even get them writing for our shows. Though, with Heroes I am really struggling to find a female role model, or even just a likable female character. As for SPN, we mostly have chick-of-the-week, and so far characters like Meg, Ellen and Jo I've not been able to identify with on any level. Sufficient to say, I'm watching for the guys!