I've been part of studies throughout the game industry, the highest performing engineering teams are usually males of similar cultural background. But it's so unpc, we avoid hiring them directly. We usually hire them thru their consulting groups for the very difficult engine tasks
It's not saying "women are different than men", it's saying "journalists treat female managers less professionally than male ones".
Is it “lines of code written”?
Is it “technical debt addressed”?
Is it a measure of how many engineers grew in those roles?
Does it measure how many engineers burned out after a year?
Does it measure projects with reasonable starting estimates?
Does it focus only on the products that sold well, or does it also include games that bombed?
Still forgot to mention how it's measured?
And presumably if these were studies they were published?
So, in an industry that 95% of employees are men you find that the top performing are men? I recommend that you take a look at Bayes theorem. It explains your bias and how you are misinterpreting your observation.