> I find it difficult to accept the premise that this is a female-only problem.
It doesn't need to be a woman-only problem. It just needs to affect women disproportionately.
Scratch that, it doesn't need to be _anything_. Giving free repos to _anyone_ does no harm to anyone who's not getting them, so the only thing this does is help a group of people.
Now, you may argue that GitHub should be helping a specific group of people over another one, but they've chosen to help who they've chosen to help.
It doesn't need to be a woman-only problem. It just needs to affect women disproportionately.
Scratch that, it doesn't need to be _anything_. Giving free repos to _anyone_ does no harm to anyone who's not getting them, so the only thing this does is help a group of people.
Now, you may argue that GitHub should be helping a specific group of people over another one, but they've chosen to help who they've chosen to help.