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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.