I know that this book is essentially "Whalers on the Moon" made flesh, so it gets away with it most of the time, but I'm nearly done with this book and there are no female characters. Not "no female characters with plot beats" or even "no female characters with speaking lines". They're just... not there. There is one woman named in the book. Her name is Martha. She is married to a whaling captain, and her entire appearance consists of her husband basically saying "Martha, call us a cab." There is no prior or subsequent reference to her being in the room. That is impressive dedication to dudestown.