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FInd examples (at least two) of men writing as women, and women writing as men. Many critics have pointed out that Jane Austen rarely presented a male character with a private internal monologue, or in a scene that wasn't told from the point of view of a female observer, due to her extremely limited social circumstances, and a desire to retain a sense of authenticity in her writing. 

What are the benefits and limitations of this approach?

Why do other authors, like McEwan, take the opposite approach?

A problem could be that she can't know how men really think, so she can't express the same feelings in a man than in a woman.

Other authors could be the writer of the really popular book Harry Potter: JK Rowling.
Another one could be CS Lewis, with "To kill a mockingbird".