"Women write better code" seems like an ill-defined statement to me, even assuming you agree on "better" code. Does that mean that the average woman writes code

"Women write better code" seems like an ill-defined statement to me, even assuming you agree on "better" code. Does that mean that the average woman writes code better than the average man? Does it mean that the average "programmer" woman writes code better than the average "programmer" man? Is there anything in there about the the variance in female or male programmer ability? There are a huge number of metrics that would fit the statement, some of which may be true and some may not be true, and many of which might have different conclusions about how "actionable" that information is.