I’ve never considered this in regards to my own tastes. I just want the book to be good regardless of who wrote it or what it’s about. But I’ve personally narrated a wide variety: a smutty romance book, a gigachad prepper action book, an action horror sci-fi book, a spooky asylum horror book, 1960s era sci-fi short story collection, noir, etc. Women authors tend to give more emphasis on feelings (story), male authors tend to give more emphasis on events (plot). But that’s obviously not mutually exclusive just a slight tendency. 

The male authors I’ve worked with typically (but not always) write romantic relationships from a very male lens even if the characters are female. Like, the uncle of the main female character flexes his bicep and he’s buff so she responds with, “oMg, HoW aRe YoU sTiLl SiNgLe?!” and it felt out of touch, it a kinda endearing way. In my experience, (and I confirmed this by asking most of the women I work with, which is a lot; I work in a spa), women typically don’t care about dude bro muscles. A coworker even said, “yeah, dad bod all the way, I don’t care!” Oddly enough, hands and forearms were the most attractive physics element of men. Anyways, tangent aside, that more boyish perspective came more from an older set of make authors I worked with. The 1960s sci-fi and noir had some sexism typical to that era but nothing outrageous, in my opinion. The younger male authors I’ve worked with usually have a less juvenile way of presenting romance and sexuality (Christopher Robertson does a great job of this).

Lyn, this is why I love looking at and responding to your posts! You ask wonderful questions