Yes, this is exactly the same impression I got. I am surprised so many people are calling BS on the blog post. Gaffes happen, and the best solution is to apolog

Yes, this is exactly the same impression I got. I am surprised so many people are calling BS on the blog post. Gaffes happen, and the best solution is to apologize succinctly. It's a sensitive topic, because women are underrepresented in YC and software engineering as a whole, so trying to nitpick the grammar in the interview is insensitive, and sends the wrong message. Rather than turning this into a debate, pg should have agreed with the spirit of the valleywag article while calling out the edits as an aside, and used this entire situation as an opportunity to increase awareness of the problem (which is a problem) by stating firmly that he is 100% willing to work with people who want to help increase women's presence in computing.