If I understand your parable correctly, you&#x27;re suggesting that men deliberately mock and reject women trying to enter the field. In my experience, nothing could be further from the truth. I have never, not once, witnessed the behavior you describe. I&#x27;ve seen nothing but welcoming behavior toward everyone who wants to learn software.<p>Even among proponents of the systemic discrimination theory, the consensus these days seems to be that bias must be subconscious, since overt bias is practically extinct in the wild.