The success of outreach programs prove your “Women just weren't interested enough to put CS in their application forms for college.” wrong. Unless women changed significantly since the mid-nineties which I doubt.
Actually it reinforces my point.
If it took "outreach programs" to make them take interest doesn't it mean that they _weren't_ interested enough in CS in the first place?
These barriers are real but you, as a man, can’t really judge that because you hadn’t to cope with them. You could only try to talk to women (stress is on plural) and try to empathize.
Why do you think that is? The money isn't good enough? The life and hours of a developer aren't good enough? Women aren't capable of understanding programming?
Step back, man. You read like yet another HN poster.