He didn't imply that either. Are there no criticisms that don't depend on mischaracterizations? He's citing a study of gender differences which purportedly show

He didn't imply that either. Are there no criticisms that don't depend on mischaracterizations? He's citing a study of gender differences which purportedly shows gender differences which might explain part of the gap. The point is that the data don't unanimously support the discrimination hypothesis and it might merit looking at other hypotheses.