Then why is "Maybe the lack of women in computer science comes from the stereotype of a male programmer hacking the government in his parents’ basement." releva

Then why is "Maybe the lack of women in computer science comes from the stereotype of a male programmer hacking the government in his parents’ basement." relevant? Presumably because women don't want to be associated with "men who live in their parents basements." That's pretty similar to women don't want to be associated with "people who don't fit conventional stereotypes." Blatant sexism hasn't stopped women from achieving in other fields: medicine, law, business, so I wouldn't expect blatant sexism to stop women from achieving in computer science. Instead, I think that Computer Science doesn't have broad appeal the way other professional fields do.