I'm a female founder. I go to a handful of woman-only events.

I don't go because I need or want any special accommodation for gender, nor do most other women I know.

We prefer woman-only events because attending mixed events is made uncomfortable and annoying by a small minority of unpoliced men. I mean, what are we going to do about that, make a scene because some poor guys are unusually awkward and persistent (as pop culture instructs them to be)? Easier to just skip them and find our community elsewhere