Erik Moeller wrote:
That being said, I don't think it's for us males to demand that the womenfolk open up their new clubhouse to us. If it is the right thing to do, I do believe that initiative can and will come from the group itself.
Continuing the analogy, the women-only clubhouse (mailing list) in question is built on community land (WikiMedia Foundation servers). I think it's entirely reasonable for members of that community to be objecting to this.
WikiMedia Foundation shouldn't be supporting a mailing list founded on a fundamental principle of gender discrimination. Wikichix already has a separate host for their wiki, why can't they host their own mailing list there too?