PR closes can be for a variety of factors besides programmer competence or gender bias.  For example, point #4 says that &quot;women&#x27;s changes are larger&quot;, whereas many large projects are particularly wary of large PRs with multiple changes. That&#x27;s not to say that the large PR would break something, but many times I&#x27;ve seen a PR closed with a request to break it down into multiple smaller PRs that are more easily reviewed and integrated.