[arp242]

I wouldn't call it "bullying" myself, but it does seem a bit like making a mountain out of a molehill.

A big problem with these kind of discussions is that they tend to escalate quite fast. The battle lines are pre-drawn and anything that looks vaguely "sexist" or vaguely "cancel culture-y" will be shot at, no matter what the actual topic is. So this this (minor) incident becomes yet another front on the Great Culture Wars.

It's unfortunate because it's very hard to have good-faith conversations like this.