Comics are littered with people "flaking" on comics and coming back and trying again. Tessa Stone dropped off the face of the planet after the success of Hanna Is Not A Boy's Name, never updated the comic again, and then returned one day to start up a bunch of new kickass comics and has been owning it ever since. This is the second run of Nichole Chartrand's Fey Winds, and most of its current audience doesn't even know that there was a "first version" that she quit halfway through. Those are just a couple creators I can think of off the top of my head... it's not uncommon at all to have to stop and try again, for any number of reasons.
I can definitely understand how in your head, your anxiety might be telling you that this is a huge, flaky faux pas that everyone will hate you for, but what you actually did is: you posted pages for a week, and then took a break. You told people you thought you might start a new comic, but then you didn't. That's it! That's very okay! Neither of those things is a huge big deal that wrecks a reputation! You can always come back and try again, and you have infinite tries, and it's okay to go at your own pace and take breaks when you need to. Sometimes you gotta really aggressively remind your brain that it's not the end of the world to do that.
H-has your friend... been on the internet??? Women drawing incredibly detailed men's bodies is... pretty common!!!
That aside though, it really feels like you have one very critical person with a lot of very specific ideas about the world, and you're taking their opinion very much to heart. Do they have a lot of authority and experience on this subject? Sometimes someone can have a lot of knowledge of how things work with one sort of audience, and that makes them assume that all audiences work that way... but the nice thing is that on the internet it's a lot easier to find the audience that best suits you.
You don't get to pick the gender of your readers. My Little Pony is meant for girls, but has a huge male following, many of whom sincerely love the show. Transformers is absolutely created for boys but the fandom has an enormous female demographic. Both of those shows are created by people who just wanted to make something that they would want to watch, without worrying about what audience they might attract or drive away... the result is that their stories appealed to a lot of people you wouldn't expect to be into that stuff.
"You're framing this shot in a really fanservicey way, is that what you want it to look like?" is useful feedback. "Women shouldn't be able to draw men's bodies the way you do, people are going to think you are a pervert" is the kind of advice that suggests this is someone you should distance yourself from. It's not a useful critique of your art; it's specifically undermining you and raising doubts that anyone would appreciate your work for what it is. That's awful, and it's not artistically useful!
The fact that you're coming and asking us this while shuffling your feet that it seems dishonest says everything, imo! You are already fighting anxiety, and that's a tough fight -- you don't need to add the extra anxiety of feeling as though you are lying to your readers! I don't think pseudonyms are fundamentally dishonest -- making a persona and sticking to it is fine, but it really has to be a part of you and it has to be the way you want to present yourself. This doesn't sound like it's the way you want to present yourself -- and that's what makes it dishonest. I don't think it's a good idea to build your internet presence based on the advice of someone who makes you feel insecure. : (
I also HUGELY agree with @kristintipping7's point about a new account being a temporary "fix" that doesn't really fix anything!
In the end, it's up to you -- nothing is gonna magically make anxiety better, but you can always strive for the things that make you the most comfortable. But it doesn't sound like this would be a decision made because it will be the best for you... it sounds like a decision made out of fear of screwing up and fear of failing, and insecurities raised by other people. And if that's the case, I really wouldn't advise it!!