Several related facts: 1. In countries that empower women, they are less likely to choose math and science professions: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/ar

Several related facts: 1. In countries that empower women, they are less likely to choose math and science professions: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/02/the-more-gender-equality-the-fewer-women-in-stem/553592/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/02/the-more... 2. In the past 30 years women have made gains in traditionally male areas like law and medicine, but have gone backward in software engineering 3. Men are disproportionately on the autism spectrum It seems to me that aiming for 50% female representation in software engineering is not necessarily something we should be aiming at