@vmbrasseur in addition to the literature, anecdotally AFAICT things are just as bad or even worse now than when I was a kid, and I was overtly told in high school by the calculus teacher that girls aren't good at math. I'm proud at how we hear that @outreachy gives people opportunities to try their hand at technical work that they were discouraged from doing when they were younger, but the number of people that are lost, who will never pursue technical material as an adult is astounding.