I read this in the 1980s I remember particularly how male authors portray women characters as some kind of weird other. I knew guys (when I was a guy) who really otherized women. I never understood this frame of mind maybe it is a life experience or maybe it is being a trans woman that patriarchy is BS and otherizing women on some kind of pedestal or as the weaker sex always felt fake. It just struck me as stupid not to recognize the humanity of half the population,