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Right, well then you understood me despite what I actually said :)

There actually is a problem with men complaining about fanfic not being aimed at them, though I personally haven't seen it happening TOO often. This essay goes into it pretty well. Unfortunately, it does take a certain amount of deliberate effort to protect enclaves of the internet from the usual grind of racistsexisthomophobicloudmouthtroll.

Something I've seen is gay men complaining that slash is unappealing to them, which is more complicated than straight out sexism in my opinion (I mean, it is about gay men).

But afaict there's more of an issue with journalists, researchers etc ignoring/belittling the female parts of fandom because it's silly icky girly stuff rather than the Serious Important Worldchanging Stuff done in the male parts of fandom, even when the female stuff has been around for twice as long (as with vidding)