It's actually an interesting question-- to what extent it's a war between the obvious interest groups and to what extent it's a conflict between people who are relatively willing to cooperate and those who are relatively willing to defect.

I've got a sneaking suspicion that I would come to the direct opposite conclusion about which 'side' is 'defecting' and which is trying to cooperate.

I would also disagree with you regarding what the sides are. There are people who have a gender focussed side, there are people who fight for there not to be sides at all and there are people who think 'if you are not with us you are against us'. The people in the middle, as is often the case, get caught in the crossfire.