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We never even heard the back story on that one...

I suspect it's not so much about the gender of pronouns as about being patronizing, which people tend to resent.

What do you mean "never heard the back story"?

The post linked to a pull request and commit that are the back story...

How are you sure about that? For example I don't know if the people involved ever communicated before and how they relate to each other.

I suppose. But do their personal interactions before matter?

Of course - the reverted commit seems to be much more likely the result of personal differences rather than sexism. At least to me.