This was what my closing statement was about: sometimes these initiatives have good intentions but miss the mark. I personally feel like the lack of women due

This was what my closing statement was about: sometimes these initiatives have good intentions but miss the mark. I personally feel like the lack of women due to the culture is more of an engineering thing than a CS thing. I could be wrong, of course, but my experience compared to peers in engineering agrees with your sentiment. Regardless, I think the initiative exists to ensure that the same exclusionary culture doesn't propagate in an already male-dominated field. This may not be the correct execution, but I at least applaud the efforts to make women feel welcomed.