The title is misleading, don't read only it. The article talk about how men makes close friends almost automatically before (highly related to job) and why it'

The title is misleading, don't read only it. The article talk about how men makes close friends almost automatically before (highly related to job) and why it's not the case now. So yes, the article only focus on men because the reason why men makes close friends almost automatically before doesn't work in how men behave now.