That question has not been answered.

General population studies cannot be applied to a specifically filtered group - which is what Eg: Soh does.     So to answer the question, you would need to conduct a study on the population in question (eg:   Software Engineers).     Even that would only give you an "average".    Individual variance would mean that there will always be individuals (male or female) who deviate from the norm.

It is ALWAYS the goal of any company (particularly a tech company) to hire exceptional employees (those who deviate from the norm).     Thus, studies which talk about "average" are not relevant to a company looking for NOT average.     i.e.    Google is NOT hiring to conform to a general population average.    They are looking for people who deviate above the norm.

So the question is kind of irrelevant.