Other women have pointed to the advantages of being able to chat with the site's female sponsors.
She tells me she had been in the program for six years when she met a man at an Alcoholics Anonymous barbecue hosted by her female sponsor.
And there are scholarship programs, including one aimed at minority and female students sponsored by the American Association of Advertising Agencies Foundation.
His remarks were the highlight of a two-day conference of female entrepreneurs sponsored by the Department of Labor.
It is a showcase for female artists, sponsored by the Roots crew from Philadelphia, which has been graced by the likes of Erykah Badu, Jill Scott and Macy Gray.
In 2008, Boehringer Ingelheim, makers of flibanserin which is claimed to boost the female libido, sponsored a survey which also showed one in 10 women was in need of help.
Last year, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I'd been recommended to Camp Campbell, a group of young female leaders, sponsored by Campbell Soup Company, a which brings together a community of change makers to inspire thought leadership and foster creative collaboration.
The treatise, which is titled "Women of the Islamic State" and more than 10,000 words long, is believed to have been composed by the communications department of the al-Khanssaa Brigade, an all-female force sponsored by the Islamic State.
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