Dancing With the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba is responding to critics who think she is harsher when handing out scores to the female celebrity contestants.. "I think that it is partly true. I am the woman on the panel, and I understand what it is to be a woman, so I can get into more detail about what I'm seeing," Inaba, 57, shared with Variety in an interview published on Tuesday, November 11. "Because I support women so much, I let them know what I see because they are working so hard.