Well, it really works for many women - one doesn't need to search far away; look at half of the comments here - and I definitely don't think less of them for this. I share some of this sentiment myself. I agree with Fangasm's authors that fandom is women's way of using and manifesting their own gaze - and I don't judge it as good or bad by default; it's just there, and what is good, is the fact it's been noticed at last. For me, it's not 'women are like this!' or 'women aren't like this!', because in fact they are, and aren't, too. Women are different and in the end of day that's all we should really remember, IMHO. And sometimes I get and impression the show as the whole remembers it more than many critics, even female critics...