It's also plausible that women are taking negative feedback/rejection more personally is another factor for giving up early. Or women being more skewed toward n

It's also plausible that women are taking negative feedback/rejection more personally is another factor for giving up early. Or women being more skewed toward negative emotion in general, which is a well-documented trait in behavioral psychology. Or being more "agreeable", i.e. being less likely to "bother" the interviewer by challenging their negative assessment. The authors of this "study" (if we can even call it that) didn't bother to ask, so we won't know.