> It might even be a better world, ingrained with the idea that programming is just another skill to be mastered through persistence — with or without a Y chrom

> It might even be a better world, ingrained with the idea that programming is just another skill to be mastered through persistence — with or without a Y chromosome. I have never heard anyone, in my entire life, suggest otherwise. Sure it's cool that they win competitions but by consistently focus on women, treat them differently, create special groups etc is basically fighting sexism with sexism. If we shouldn't focus on the sex but the achievements this sort of article is exactly the opposite of that. I am confident that these "women can also" articles/groups/company messages creates more sexism than it solves. Why can't we just treat each other equally?