Give the Isometric podcast #18 a listen (http://5by5.tv/isometric/18). It might change your mind.
Also this: http://seriouspony.com/trouble-at-the-koolaid-point
Zoe Quinn tweeted today: "couldn't you just fucking not play my games. Fucking boycott me, don't work with me, just leave my dad alone". She got a dead squirrel in her mailbox a few days ago. Remember: she made a free indie game about depression and had a messy breakup with an ex. This is literally all she did. This type of reaction is no longer uncommon.
These women are really, actually suffering.