Even from a young age I rooted for strong female characters on TV. My first female crush was from a TV series called Weird Science. She had super powers. The show could not exist without her as she was the key of everything that would happen to everyone in the show.
When watching cartoons as a young boy I rooted a lot with female characters. However, there were few cartoons I saw where the females were protagonists, so I started to root with the female villains that showed up in some episodes. They put obstacles to the hero and I wanted them to win. I liked the idea of the women winning there, even if their cause was not justified. Of course, the male hero would always win.
After the episode ended, I started to fantasize of the female villain beating the hero instead. Furthermore, I transformed the female villain my mind. Her causes were justified. She was no longer a villain. She wanted to make the world a better place and I helped her achieve that. A better place than the male hero could do.