Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.
What is their potential for evil; what is their potential for wickedness? That's the only time that those characters become interesting to watch.
I think Christine and Chad are on the opposite extremes of the spectrum. Christine is a model victim, and Chad is a model perpetrator, and Howard is closer to the middle.

