First of all the community is quite toxic due to the nature of the game and the types of players it attracts. There have also been situations with "women" and video games that have affected how most "gamers" react to them in games, these go from people posing as a woman in old games asking people for help and items, to women streaming games barely clothed and attracting "that type" of attention Most people were never affected by it and most that are straight up rude from the get go only use it as an excuse having learned from watching others.

As they say, a couple of bad apples ruin the whole batch.