Well, with Xanth anyway, the situation isn't exactly opposite to OSC's. For all we know, OSC may be very nice to his fans and to individuals he meets. And Anthony doesn't do real life activism against women, does he?

To me, early Xanth is a curate's egg where the good stuff is so good that it's worth dealing with the bad stuff. Mid-Xanth, where he was trying to correct some obvious parts of the sexism, was losing its edge on other things. Maybe a sexist muse's revenge, maybe not.

Haven't read his other books, as they all smell creepy.