Calling these men out who think it's such a catastrophic event to have a woman touch a gaming setup is the solution tbh. If a girl speaks up when I'm solo queueing there's always ONE dude who's like "oooh we have a girlll here" and starts asking questions like "where are you from" "what's your Instagram" blah blah.
As a girl most they can do is retaliate and ask them to shut up but it's difficult for a female to do so when all the boys are the guys side of the table.
It's our responsibility as people who understand that EVERYBODY can game, we need to start calling these people out. I straight up ask "have you never talked to a woman before? You reek of desperation." and personally, a lot of time it's worked. Male ego is really a delicate thing lol.
I have many friends who are women playing this game and it sucks how they cannot enjoy it with full comms minus the desperation but sometimes we find other women who are playing the game and we 5 stack and it's a...