The hope in literature is that we are allowed to be imperfect, to write of our imperfection, without being overly critiqued for being unlikeable.
I don't think men experience the embargo on channeling the autobiography in their literature.
People are more concerned about the economy then these ridiculous concerns as to gender inequity in society, as manifested in marriages, in the mental health system, and then in literature.
The memoir by women, read by female readers, is considered a market form, not "great literature."
