Genuinely curious how this was your takeaway from khazhoux’s comment. OP recognized a vocal trait they thought was holding someone back, helped them to remedy it in a non-confrontational or aggressive way, and the person grew from it professionally. The person was female and OP noted this in the context of the Apple case to highlight how they would have felt had they been accused of sexism for specifying the vocal trait in feedback to their employee. Where is the sexism (prejudice or discrimination) in OP’s words or actions?