Most fanfic writers are women. Based on my own reactions and those of friends I've talked with about this, we get *so* pissed off at the poor representations of women onscreen that it makes it very difficult to overcome them. We're personally invested. When a woman character is written stereotypically, we're faced with a portrayal that mirrors the same crap we have to deal with in RL. Female stereotypes are *rarely* positive. Even the few that are, such as say the Good Mother, come with additional cultural baggage. It's *rare* when a woman is well written. Men are, by far, much more accurately represented in fiction. It doesn't hit women where we live when they're not. I can't, for example, take Sam Carter seriously. She's been ruined over the years. I have a *tough* time writing her because of that. If I try to stay as close to canon as I can (J/D are *so* doin' it ;-), I'd have to write her in such a way that would turn my stomach. So I avoid her like the plague. The only option would be to deviate very far from canon and that's an issue of it's own for me. There may be other reasons why women characters are treated differently than men in fic, but that's a big one for most folks I know. Besides, if I'm writing, or reading, smut, I *do* find women boring. ;-);-)