> Is there actually any evidence at all that gender is a notable factor? It just seems like speculation. From the original numbers, it seems like deletions are

> Is there actually any evidence at all that gender is a notable factor? It just seems like speculation. From the original numbers, it seems like deletions are roughly equal to representation. I've also seen studies (I can't find them but I recall them) where they looked at Open Source contributors and the authors defaulted to male if there was no gender information available.