With respect to books, there are vast selections that mainly target men to balance out the romance book genre. With respect to comics, the selection targeting women is much smaller. It's not at all the same.

The selection targeting women is smaller because it's been tried. Over. And. Over. And women just don't care about comic books.

In Japan there are entire genres of comics targeted towards women. Now whether they are any good, or any less sexist than male comics is debatable.

Am I supposed to believe that women love stories told with words, but are incapable of appreciating stories told with pictures?

In Japan there's entire genres of comics about tentacle rape. People are different in other countries.

Comics for women have been tried here. Over and over. They haven't worked. American women just aren't drawn to them. Sometimes it just is what it is!

Or alternately, "comics for women", just like "video games for women" and a thousand other products that just take something dull and derivative, slap a coat of pink paint on it and call it "done" aren't bought by women because they're smart enough to recognize crap, even when it's meant for them.

The author isn't asking for "Comics for women", he's asking for "Comics that aren't repellant to women".

Agreed. Expecting cultures to change and adapt is for suckers!

Any why shouldn't comic books (and other media) be the battle some of us pick? Why do they need to not change? Why are you assuming that one cannot try to change comic books and also fight against things you've decided are more important?