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I asked the same thing of Cathy about OTW. There are so many areas that are equally transformative works, some of which have even worse copyright issues, that they have more or less ignored for now, and even somewhat biased themselves against by choosing to define themselves as a fancentric and feminist focussed organisation - mash-up DJing is another example.

As far as fanfic fandom being a womens space, angriest has already noted that this isn't even that true for all fandoms, Dr Who fandom historically featuring many gay men, for example. I agree with your viewpoint - men acting as if its male space are being obnoxious, and its only polite to acknowledge the nature and values of the community you enter, which happens to include it being mostly female and feminist. But that shouldn't be exclude anyone for who they are (though it may occasionally exclude people for the way they act - as all communities ultimately do).