I'm not a woman, but I've been around long enough to see how hard the ladies in the forum get hassled by horny goofballs.
A thought I had... in the ZV chat there is the ability to create private groups. The women of the board could start and jointly moderate it. Only letting in other verified women. I say verified because half of the female profiles are men pretending for attention ?.
It would be great if the forum could do the same. A locked thread, or subsection. The only problem I see with that is how the mods would have to take on even more work trying to regulate who was allowed in.
In the chat, it could be a group effort, therefore a bit easier.