TwoXChromosomes, the most popular female-focused Subreddit, is a kind of general interest women's magazine for the Reddit community. One of its moderators, who goes by the username HiFructoseCornFeces said the draw is that, "Support and advice are freely given on so many topics (menstrual cups, relationships, bras, pubes, sex, sexuality, hairstyles, work problems, school problems, you name it), and anonymously."

Some female-focused Subreddits are far more specific: /r/BabyBumps is an active Subreddit on which pregnant women share, often in excruciating detail, the ins and outs of their pregnancies. A note at the top reads: “Please do not ask if you/your girlfriend are pregnant. Take a test.” Other than that, pretty much everything is fair game. Women post belly photos and offer others pregnancy advice. They tag usernames according to how pregnant they are ("22 WEEKS", for example). When you’ve had the baby, you might move on to /r/beyondthebump. If you didn’t see the URLs at the top of the page, you frankly might think you were in an online LaMaze class.

Other boards, like /r/feminisms, includes serious feminist dialogue, and separates itself somewhat from the maternity community. Recent discussions have focussed largely on Todd Akin's rape gaffe and Ann Romney. They also discuss sexism in the workplace, sexist advertising, and global issues related to women.

"I do feel like there is a distinct community of female/feminist redditors. I don't think we're all united, but I also think that's okay," wrote user Reddit_Feminist, a moderator of the Feminisms board. Reddit has a niche for all kinds of women and men — whatever your interest, you'll probably find a Subreddit to feed it. It's not much different than the person who checks People every day versus the people who check Jezebel every day, and this is why so many people like the site so much: every niche exists in a similar yet very different way under one umbrella.

Redditor MaeBeWeird, a moderator of the BabyBumps page, says users are meme-friendly appreciators of Internet humor who, despite the sexist tendencies, actually feel most at home on Reddit.

“It's a community of women who (in general) think memes are funny, don't usually jump down each others throats for opposing beliefs, and know most of the same references from front-page posts" she wrote in a message. (The "front page" is Reddit's homepage, which features the most popular posts from various Subreddits.)

"Women of all kinds come to the women-centric subreddits for the camaraderie, the similarity of experiences, and the opportunity to express themselves in a (mostly) supportive atmosphere," added TodayIAmGruntled, a TwoXChomosomes moderator.