In short: Women can't compete on an even play field because they take more than the give back.
So let's change the rules rewarding users more for asking more questions instead of helping users with answers.
And interesting that the moderators didn't check if perhaps the amount of answers changed.
Well, after the code of conduct yet another step on Stackoverflow going all out woke.
We're Rewarding the Question Askers - Stack Overflow Blog
https://stackoverflow.blog/2019/11/13/were-rewarding-the-question-askers/
You also need to read this article as well to get the whole picture: