I would have switched the gender of the two partners, because otherwise that pattern-matches a stereotype which had better be kept separate from the issue you’re discussing.
Then part of the reason why people sympathize more with Jane is her gender, not just her religion; and AFAICT the OP meant to discuss the latter, not the former.
I think he meant to discuss why people sympathize more with Jane, and mistakenly inferred that the cause was a preferential attitude toward religious belief.
I would have switched the gender of the two partners, because otherwise that pattern-matches a stereotype which had better be kept separate from the issue you’re discussing.
Except that gender is part of the issue. Switch the genders, and the sympathy for each character does not remain the same in the general population.
Then part of the reason why people sympathize more with Jane is her gender, not just her religion; and AFAICT the OP meant to discuss the latter, not the former.
I think he meant to discuss why people sympathize more with Jane, and mistakenly inferred that the cause was a preferential attitude toward religious belief.