> Her attorney called her demotion an attempt to “chill whistleblowing content.” Why does the article focus on her gender so much? The quote about speaking up

> Her attorney called her demotion an attempt to “chill whistleblowing content.” Why does the article focus on her gender so much? The quote about speaking up in meetings with men seems misplaced if the allegation is that she was demoted for threatening to be a whistleblower, and not for gender-based discrimination. If she'd been speaking up at meetings for years and only got demoted after threatening to trigger an investigation, it feels odd to introduce this angle to a narrative where it doesn't fit. Not saying it isn't true, but that I cannot see how that thread connects to the larger story.