Female Characters - why the hate? (Particularly when I happen to like many of them)

I found this article on Io9 entitled Why do we hate so many female characters so much? interesting in part because I didn't dislike any of the female characters mentioned. Did however, dislike many of the popular male characters. (Thanks to shipperx for the link and the heads up.)

The article lists the following female characters as "hated" by fandom:

1. The Tale of The Two Gwens : Torchwood Gwen and Merlin Gwen

As an aside what it is with female slash shippers and characters named Gwen?

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2. The Two Skylars, Skye (Marvel Agents of Shield) and Skylar White (Breaking Bad).

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3. Sansa Stark...Game of Thrones

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4. Lori and Andrea on The Walking Dead

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Unfortunately those aren't the only female characters female fans hate. ( Read more... )

[ETA: Sorry about the horrific mistake at the bottom, didn't discover it until I read an email notification from LJ this morning - and had no way of fixing it until I got home tonight.]