What do you think is illegal? This posting refers to several positions (none of which say that men can't apply), but the posting itself is targeting women. If there was a posting at $ALUMNI school, would you say that was illegal?
This is kind of neat, but I am intensely irritated at software on github whose license is: pay us money before you use this (https://github.com/unidoc/unipdf/blob/master/LICENSE.md). There's nothing wrong with commercial software, but why put it on github?
I'm unsure if this is more your perceptions, the places that you've worked or a combination.
Why do you phrase it as "public accountability ritual"? I'm sensing my definition for accountability is different than yours. I typically think of my comment at a standup as (small) opportunity to answer "what have you been working on?" once instead of if every member came by and asked in a friendly manner. I wouldn't be bothered by them asking individually, and it saves me repeating the answer.
I've never heard the phrase "isn't living up to expectations" related to stand ups. Do you (or places you've worked) normally have those related? I'm not sure I understand.
Why do you think it's "in front of your team" as opposed to "with your team"?
I, and other people I've worked with, have never been bothered by saying "still working on the same hard task" for _weeks_. If anything, I usually hear encouraging comments; "it sucks that the task is so difficult", "anything I can do to help you out?", "I'm surprised you haven't gone crazy from that", etc.
The places I've worked at aren't even great at agile, but I've never seen the process directed towards some of the things you're saying.