Male authors - female characters

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/how-women-see-how-male-authors-see-them

I see the New Yorker devoted some attention to this recent social media fad.

My 2 cents: I think it might be more interesting for women who feel like male authors fail at properly conveying the female experience to lead by example and do a better job themselves, instead of merely mocking some of the male authors' efforts?

And I know the point is hyperbole, but many instances of "describe yourself as a male author would" aren't quite fair in representing even the most leery depictions of feminine characters in male fiction.

Also, this is not a male/female thing, imho.

e.g. Nicola Griffith also has sexualized descriptions of female characters within her prose, likely because she is a gay woman?

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I honestly cringed a bit when I saw Raymond Chandler and Philip Roth among those lambasted.

That's a lot of literature to throw onto the pyre if those two don't make the cut.

I mean, even if you accept the criticisms, since when is bad writing an excuse not to publish something?