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I don't think men preferring men authors is idiotic, stupid, or evil, unless the reason they do so is because they feel that women either shouldn't be authors or that a woman author is automatically lesser simply by virtue of being a woman. Any given male may prefer "men's fiction" - that is, lots of action, maybe some sex, but not heavy on emotion. (I started to make a comment about psychological complexity of characters, but since I don't tend to read "men's fiction", I really can't make a judgement there.)(I tried a Lee Child book once, and while the plot moved at breakneck speed, I could have done without the 8 pages of gun porn where the specifics of the gun, the flight of the bullet, and the effect of the bullet on the victim's head were described in almost loving detail).
It has been my experience that men tend to write more plot-driven books and women more character-driven books, but that could be selection bias on my part.
It is true that male reviewers tend to review more books by male authors than they do female authors by a pretty wide margin - that smacks of discrimination.
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