I was providing localised anecdata about the people I specifically work with.

I don't think its against site rules to state personal experiences, actually it's the basis of healthy debate.

If I said something along the lines of "all female engineers" without the context I provided; i.e its most of the female engineers I personally work with, then yeah I could see how that would be construed as virtue signalling. I assure you that's not my intention, and apologies if it comes across that way.