OK, well it wasn't really clear by the parent comment whether they were referring to nature, nurture, or both. And I don't think it really matters. He just said

OK, well it wasn't really clear by the parent comment whether they were referring to nature, nurture, or both. And I don't think it really matters. He just said ``` [the] "women just aren't as interested in programming" trope rings hollow ``` To me the comment implies he is "afraid of admitting that girls have been less interested in pursuing Computer Science than men".