Don't take my points out of context.

The author was right, though. You can argue a point against meaningful time and all that, but there was objectively more men in the opening than women, which would make the author correct.

They stated that guys can't write female-female friendships.

And like I said, for the most part, it's pretty true. There's a lot written out there about it. The headline here is one example. But to be clear, I don't think men are incapable of writing women interactions and characters. But often, they could do a lot better job if they have a woman helping out.

If you can claim it one way, then you should be able to claim the reverse.

You didn't flip it properly. They didn't say men shouldn't write women interactions. They said they should add women to help write female interactions.

if the reverse was claimed

Just fyi, I tend to not entertain a lot of "if it was reversed" arguments, because this implies "given both sides equal" which isn't the case. There's still a lot of cultural and structural sexism out there. So simply reversing things mean they aren't reversed equally.

Going into something looking for how I can prove it wrong is the only way I can critique something. If I can't find anything wrong with it, then I say as much.

I wasn't asking you to critique it though. I was asking you to consider what it's was saying, and the place it was coming from.

I'm really not trying to be defensive about it, so I apologize if that's how I'm coming off.

Take a look at your opening and ending to your above comment (the "Ho-ho-hold the phone" comment). If not defensive, then it comes off pretty combative. Especially towards a guy who's been getting dumped on in this thread? Legit making my heart rate go up every time I check my new messages.