According to this report in The Indepent the is a problem that much of the PPE is the wrong size for women.

I have referred to the book "Invisible Women" before which has a lengthy section on PPE being the wrong size and shape for women. It is mainly taking about army and police kevlar vests and similar, which only fairly recently discovered women have breasts it seems, since they made no allowance for them.

A completely different type of PPE of course, but is it plausible people are thinking more about numbers than whether they will fit? Absolutely.