"It has nothing to do with this conversation" was probably factually untrue, but this comment is not relevant or helpful to this conversation that is for sure. This is a classic de-railment tactic in conversations about gender equality - making it about whether or not men deserve to be blamed more than women in the same position isn't what this thread is even about.

This isn't "are men bad" this is "to what extent do women perceive they are effected by the gender imbalance in tech and the resulting power imbalance and what do they think about it".