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In reality people of various factions will look for any excuse to attack a very successful author, no matter if for children in 1950s (Enid Byton) or current authors. Some of the criticism can be valid.
He seems really to be attacking feminists and suggesting it's easier to write male characters.
There are real limitations on what you can get published by the big publishers, but 99% or more of writing won't even be read by them.
Feminists are not a monolithic block of opinions and most criticisms by most "feminists" of most written & filmed depictions of women (and indeed the macho misogynistic men characters) are valid.
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