There’s your answer. Make her a nice couch, put her in it and let the male claim it. He’ll probably want to hang out there so she can’t. C’mon, you have all that yarn. Make an experiment out of it. Maybe he will change his behavior.
It’s mainly because it’s Winter. They are indoor/outdoor cats and they hate being cooped up. I DO put them out, but they want to come back in.
They have a nice warm barn filled with hay to sleep in!
I just put Boyd in the basement; that’ll give him something to do all day. ;)