(Is this a rhetorical question that u answered for yourself? Meh answering it anyway)
The thing is when it comes to gender. Normally (in my opinion + a heck of a lot of dystopian books) most books featuring the lead character are directed toward that genders audience. Not always true, but can often attract that type of audience.
Books like The Hunger Games and Divergent feature a strong female lead in an action like world, are not necessary only for the female audience. Since our generation is becoming more diverse (when it comes to genders) not only can a male hero can save the day, but a female one can too. And people are attracted to a character who seems weak but slowly develops (like tris) to become stronger and more powerful. Giving them a true hero’s journey.
As for male audiences, I honestly don’t know much about, not being a male. I often find the males in my class prefer a male dominate lead. I don’t see any guys reading books like (insert book primarily read by females here). But the males in my class often don’t read, so I can’t really say much.
No matter what the gender, both audiences of readers should be open to reading in both perspectives as it can give them and insight on what each gender is like, without the stereotypical comments running the vision and opinion of a character base on the gender. Such as:
Girls are always looking for love and squeal a lot and guys run around athletically and are as dumb as dirt (no offence, but remember this is a stereotypical comment). So we should be able to look past these things and enjoy a character for how he, she or they are. (Done. That was a hella long rant)