Wondering what someone can be thinking?

I answered a question about the pill from someone who couldn't remember what her MD had told her about the effects/side effects. Then she deleted my answer and emailed me with a scathing note about what can I know about the pill since I'm not a woman.

Well, I was a surgical nurse and frequently gave post-op instructions to patients about after care of the operative site and the operative organ. So many times I would get calls from patients saying they didn't know what to do - after I had told them, given them written instruction, questioned them on their understanding of the subject. Do women really think that they can get by without listening to what the MD is telling them? Do they really believe "you can't know about the pill because you're not a girl"?? Are women really so ready to just swallow a pill that they don't care about the consequences? I never thought so before.