"It's self evident that if you are offensive towards women, it's less likely they will participate in IT or Computer Science." Of course, but that doesn't chan

"It's self evident that if you are offensive towards women, it's less likely they will participate in IT or Computer Science." Of course, but that doesn't change the need for a citation of that specific claim. For instance we can observe interests in young children well before they enter our complex world with rampant sexism and bigotry, and even then we see similar patterns: girls aren't as interested in CS. Sexism is still obviously a problem in our industry, I'm not disputing that, but there's nothing wrong with requesting a source when somebody makes a claim. Quoting the citation needed tag is just a whimsical way of stating it, there's no need for personal offense.