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I'm a retired submariner and Surface Warfare Officer (SWO). I was a SWO on a carrier during Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. By that point, the Navy was fully integrated with women SWO's.
The fact that there were women not being the focus comes down to a couple of things: 1) it played no factor 2) the Commanding Officer is responsible for command climate and that seems to be the driving factor 3) the public secret that the forward deployed surface combatants are overtasked with inadequately trained officers (regardless of gender) and behind on corrective maintenance 4) the fact that the watchteam seemed to be almost all female isn't unusual, even on carriers it was common and makes no difference because everyone gets the same training and drive the same ship 5) and this article is misogynist in nature and doesn't reflect the attitudes of the vast majority of the people who work at the tip of the spear.
The bottom line is the OOD and TAO have some responsibility and were punished accordingly, but it's the Commanding Officer who is responsible for how his/her command operates. This didn't happen in a vacuum.
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