Complete, utter, baloney.

One way to test the gender gap issues would be to prepare two CVs.   They will be identical except for:  i) personal name;  ii) any words that identify gender will be matched to the name.

The personal name on the first one will be, say, Melinda, or - if you prefer, Meredith or Marjory.   (You get the idea).    The personal name on the second one will be Michael, Mark, Matthew, or Martin.   Again, you get the idea.

These CVs will be submitted for a range of jobs (say, 25) and both CVs will be submitted if there is electronic process.   

It would be fascinating to see what comes back.