"accused of being a man"? that has never-ever been an issue in this discussion. Men watch a lot less woman's sports for the same reason they watch less minor league or high-school sports. They are just not as exciting to watch and demonstrate less skill. And here, when they finally start making the competition more exciting by having a very skilled team, they ruin it by making it self-serving and politicizing their behavior.
For the record, even viewership of the most popular men's sport in US dropped dramatically when they got too political and self-serving.