You've made a good utilitarian argument for why the biased gender views in tech should be abolished. I think this will convince some people. But it's worth ment

You've made a good utilitarian argument for why the biased gender views in tech should be abolished. I think this will convince some people. But it's worth mentioning that making other people comfortable around you is something that is worth it on its own merits. Refusing to bother with making other people comfortable unless there is a benefit, which some hacker types tend to do, is really a sociopathic personality trait.