This has been the case for years now, but it still boggles my mind. Gaming is an overwhelmingly male hobby. 90% of the people playing enthusiast level video games are male. Yet the clear majority of protagonists in these products are female.
New resident evil? Female protagonist.
New Ghost of Tsushima? Female protagonist.
New Hollow Knight? Female protagonist.
New Silent Hill? Female protagonist.
New World of Warcraft expansion? Female protagonist.
And that’s just the biggest trailers of the night. Gay ass indie is almost entirely female (or queer coded) characters.
Is there another industry that hates its own core customer base this much?
The concept of inertia truly does apply to much more than just physics, and the world makes much more sense when you look at it in that frame. I think we all understand this subconsciously, hence the use of "pendulum" as a common metaphor for the tug-of-war across the aisle, where a physical pendulum is driven by inertia.