I also disagree that all games are political (…although I see what dapetcu means). Candy crush, for example, is difficult to describe as political. Pong is not political. But the problem with the argument that “games should be escapism and games shouldn’t be political” isn’t that it doesn’t really work for, say, gay people who play online shooters because they want to escape real-life homophobia.
That’s obviously a very clear-cut example (and I am sure everybody here rejects homophobia). But another more complex example might be, for example, if you’re a woman and you want to play as a female character. 9% of video games at E3 2019 had a female main character. 32% had a male main character. Men don’t have to think about gender politics, you can just play, most characters will match your gender.
but it’s unfair to criticise those who are trying to change the situation by calling for more roles for women in video games. They are just trying to do the same as you: escape from a world in which sexism exists.