"How dare people hate me for being a complete cunt!!"<p>That said, context is everything - once back in the days of Counter-Strike, I pissed off a female clan member because I called her an "awp whore". In CS, this is <i>not</i> a gendered insult, and I was merely joking around as I would with someone who was male (it's a generic term for someone who uses a specific sniper rifle too much). She chose to find that as personally offensive, and despite me apologising and explaining, she left the clan. It left me feeling horrible despite just treating a woman as an equal. I mean it's a long shot from what these people are doing, which <i>is</i> gendered and nasty, of course.