Reddit is very enthusiastic about handing out site wide bans these days. If you say the wrong thing on the wrong topic you can be permanent banned, whereas before you would just be downvoted or argued with.
Same for subreddits being banned. But only when it comes to speech it seems, not picture or video. So, for example, we have the odd case of "truelesbians" subreddit being banned for being trans-exclusive, but "lesbians" subreddit which is also trans-exclusive, but dedicated to pornographic imagery, is allowed to stay.
These days, it's easier to get ahead in the industry if you're female. This is to try to correct past sexisms.
It's probably a good thing in the long run but does explain why a freshly graduated woman is more likely to have an easier path.
(Oddly enough, this also works the same, to some extent, if you simply 'identify' as female, despite not biologically being one. Which seems to me, to negate the above.)
Same for subreddits being banned. But only when it comes to speech it seems, not picture or video. So, for example, we have the odd case of "truelesbians" subreddit being banned for being trans-exclusive, but "lesbians" subreddit which is also trans-exclusive, but dedicated to pornographic imagery, is allowed to stay.