&quot;Women on GitHub&quot; != &quot;women&quot;. Nobody is suggesting women are better at programming. The results are showing that women <i>who submit GitHub PRs</i> are more competent. There could be any number of reasons for that:<p>- women are more timid, so they don&#x27;t even try submitting a PR until they&#x27;re sure their work is good<p>- less determined women (who would perhaps also be less competent) are turned off by the culture of the industry<p>- women in the industry hide behind gender-neutral profiles until they have more experience