That's a good point, yes.
The author could have sent a patch renaming the variable with commit message "oh come on" or "let's be profesional" and it would have probably worked, but instead he wanted to be a hero fighting against (probably not real) sexism.
It seems R foundation has no need for people who want to fell like a hero.
in some ways, he's the one who brought the sexist tone to the whole conversation.
> our accounts had been banned and locked
also it irks me the wording, as there's a difference between "leaving" and being shown the door