Seems like a stretch considering there hasn't been a demonstrated benefit to this sort of antagonism, it all just exists to justify itself rather than to facilitate a dialogue. Much more likely is that the humanities are just becoming increasingly desperate to find relevance as they fail over and over to contribute anything new to society. It's far easier to invent gender frameworks and equity rhetoric than to actually solve problems like predominantly one parent households or the seething xenophobia and sexism of the trans community (Latin X imperialism, treatment of black comedians, bigotry towards safe spaces for women, etc)