▁was ▁f als ely ▁accused ▁of ▁review ing ▁their ▁work ▁favor ably ▁largely ▁escaped , ▁reve aling ▁the ▁campaign ▁as ▁" a ▁pre ten se ▁to ▁make ▁further ▁har ass ment ▁of ▁women ▁in ▁the ▁industry ▁perm iss ible ". ▁In ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁Chris ▁Su ell ent rop ▁said ▁that ▁a ▁pet ition ▁sought ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁female ▁colle ague ▁fired ▁for ▁critic izing ▁the ▁port ray al ▁of ▁women ▁in ▁Grand ▁The ft ▁Auto ▁V , ▁while ▁he ▁and ▁many ▁other ▁male ▁critics ▁raised ▁similar ▁concerns ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁face ▁similar ▁repr is als . ▁Most ▁comment ators ▁have ▁described ▁G amer gate ▁as ▁consisting ▁largely ▁of ▁white ▁males , ▁though ▁some ▁supp or ters ▁have ▁said ▁that ▁it ▁includes ▁a ▁notable ▁percentage ▁of ▁women , ▁minor ities ▁and ▁L GB T ▁members . ▁ ▁Crit ics ▁of ▁the ▁movement ▁have ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁mis og yn istic ▁terror ism . ▁Writing ▁in ▁The ▁Week , ▁Ryan ▁Cooper ▁called ▁the ▁har ass ment ▁campaign ▁" an ▁online ▁form ▁of ▁terror ism " ▁intended ▁to ▁reverse ▁a ▁tr end ▁in ▁g aming ▁culture ▁toward ▁increasing ▁accept ance ▁of ▁women , ▁and ▁stated ▁that ▁social ▁media ▁platforms ▁need ▁to ▁tight en ▁their ▁policies ▁and ▁prote ctions ▁against ▁thre ats ▁and ▁ab use . ▁Spe aking ▁on ▁Iowa ▁Public ▁Radio , ▁academic ▁C ind y ▁T ek ob be ▁said ▁the ▁har ass ment ▁campaign ▁was ▁intended ▁to ▁drive ▁women ▁from ▁public ▁spaces ▁and ▁int im id ate ▁them