In defense of Katie Hill

Clearly, revenge porn won the day, but how long will such retaliation bear fruit against its victims?

A capitulation to undo pressure, sensitive photos, and clearly House majority leadership recommended the action.  My question however, did someone order Katie Hill to step down from her recently-won house seat, or did they simply say "it would be for the best"?

The narrative now is to look with a jaded eye, sneer and say, "its gender bias".  But in truth, it might just be completely bad timing in the face of what was the recent impeachment procedural vote.  Surely, leadership wanted no distractions, but did Katie Hill get caught in the switches?  In the face of the larger impeachment story, her political would have trudged along fine, despite media outlets from the other side touting the photos.

Behind the scenes, did she go to pieces over the matter?  Did she try to pull resources from the larger Impeachment battle?

Or did we see what many are claiming: obvious gender bias?  Many have said that a male rep would have survived such an exposure.  I for one agree, and was saying, before she made the announcement about stepping down, that she should "soldier on" and try to outlast the narrative.