Palestinians voting

Why is it that the media are reporting that "Palestinians are voting"? Only Palestinian MEN are voting. And if Palestine is like most countries (not China, which aborts female fetuses), women outnumber men. So when the majority is still not allowed to vote, why is this event being portrayed as a huge democratic success?

If the Palestinians had decided that only light skinned Palestinians could vote and not the darker skinned ones, we would be crying foul - but about this, we're mute. If they had decided that only educated people could vote, we'd be all over that. Apparently Palestinians don't care about women, but with no outcry, maybe we don't either....