Interesting outcome. The comments are even more interesting...

Ha Ha! The mantra learned 'Do not care about the content or ambiguity of the paper, rather get a male co author and you are published*'

Thanks for posting this awsoci

Lots of responses on twitter too, which are an interesting read! :

Can't believe that there are still people stupid enough to write something like this in an official response. Not really suprising that there are people who think like that, but they should at least be clever enough to not speak it out loud. It's like insulting your boss online.

@Dunham: Yes exactly. They do not think even once before practicing their age old male chauvinist mentality. How can they give such comments in the written form??? It means they surely have enjoyed their power for long which is an utter shame on academia. Having such people with power is immensely dangerous. Academics have more opportunities for practicing their biased power on students since they are the easy catches and the academics know they can go clean chit even though they are the bully as the management ultimately favours them. These big fishes needed to be caught red handed and punished for their wrong doings.

It's utterly shocking! Very gratifying that it has been so widely ridiculed, e.g. on twitter. I'm sure these attitudes can still be found, but to actually be stupid enough to put them in writing...