Please read the article. This article is about automated reasoning that discards resumes that are strongly correlated to resumes of women.
Achieving that level of a standard is a balance.
There shouldn't be excuses being made. All that can do is contribute to the perpetuation of the conditions that presently exist, because the core issue isn't being identified.
Furthermore, if the core issue is the excuse itself, then again, this is covered under the umbrella of 'if people would just let them'. The secondary issue would then be that the core issue isn't being questioned.