Unfortunately, it's well known that social media thrives on clickbait and visceral reactions, and the "antiwoke" topic in IPs is a perfect field to exploit. How many YouTubers say and repeat the exact same things, or give credence to rumors without any basis, just to create "content" and get views...
For me, the worst part of all this is that it shows, once again, that many "fans" fail to understand satire and take those worlds as a utopia instead of a dystopia (it happened recently with Helldivers, Starship troopers, and Fallout). And that's where it hurts those "fans": it's not about a minor retcon to include women (which changes practically nothing), but it's a breach in their fantasy.