True, especially the part that you could read nothing but books that feature violence against women or heinous racism. There seems to be an endless supply of them. In part because it has become popular to explore these horrible experiences in hopes to prevent them. That said, it is also way to define one group of people as bad and another as good; oppressors and the oppressed. The problem is it becomes easy to get stereotype all people of a certain group as oppressors. It is typecasting and no better than the awful typecasting of the past when blacks in film and TV were usually depicted as criminals or pimps and women as nagging housewives. Every identity should be able to see positive depictions of their identity in books, films and television.

I find such violence against women or people of different races abhorrent and prefer not to read fiction or watch media that includes such depictions. You would think this material would appeal most to misogynists or racists, but it often appeals to people who like seeing their identity harmed because of what it says about the group doing the harming. This can be unifying because it creates a common enemy according to Professor Jonathan Haidt.

Maybe that is sarcasm?

I don't know why there can't be shows that depict female friendships and other shows that are about male friendships. There used to be many that met the latter, but I don't know if I can name any recent shows about male friendships.

I am missing something as I don't understand your post or the post you are replying to.

That was my thought. My wife reads numerous books aimed at a female audience where the opposite is true. I don't think it is problematic for a book or show to focus on a single gender and wonder if that is what the OP thinks. However, this question does point out that almost all shows care about women (OP's word choice) and perhaps that was the point?

It is to the point now that I do the same thing with female dominated shows that don't have well-written men. Trust me, it is not easy to find them anymore. The fact that shows with a male target audience are violence heavy is such a stereotype and a disservice to men in general. My wife and I loved Men of a Certain Age which had was about men dealing with life. Great cast, dealt with realistic issues men faced and often with some humor. Shows like that just don't get greenlit anymore.

Absolutely. Really, in a way this question is asking the opposite: Are there any shows that care about men and the answer is almost none from the responses.

I can name dozens of shows with female leads aimed at women today. It is great that women can now watch shows in which they are the target audience but there needs to be a little balance.