It can have the outcome of favoring women without the intent of specifically favoring women. That's what Gizortnik is describing.

I would add also that the way that men get treated by women among millennial and zoomer populations causes a general discouraging spirit among young men. Why go out and try to find work, when the additional money won't improve your prospects at having a satisfying life, and you can instead sit in a small apartment on welfare, playing video games?