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What most shocked me was the instantly closed minds that the women chose to adopt. If presented with a novel about a different culture they would instantly use that opportunity to understand that culture; to engage with its strangeness to begin a dialogue. But they show none of the same interest in doing so across the gender gap. I am definitely going to ask them why this might be...
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It's so easy to get defensive when something is not "fair" or I should say "politically correct" and dismiss the thing entirely. Which is what these women are doing, choosing the easy way out.
If everything that was not P.C. to today's standards was thrown out, we would be left with very little to enjoy, and most of it would be very sterile.
Definitely point out to them their inconsistentcy in willingness to understand something 'different' because of gender gap. I doubt they even realize it.
They are young women, the world is their oyster, at a wonderful time when opportunities are there for them to be their own 'masters' of their domain, their futures. One of the follys is that to be a "today's woman" one must deny any and all things not female oriented.
So it's easier to not delve into something just because there are no females, then learn something even if there is just males.
I hope you still go forward with these books, Fordim. There will still be some who won't like them because they don't like the genre, but there is still something for everyone to learn about.