[parennoob]

Yes, thankfully it will also make it easier for many underprivileged male and female children to participate in tech and be recognized for their efforts.

An important thing to note here is that "I had it easy" is a different story from "all of us guys had it easy". How easy you had it is a general consequence of your socioeconomic background, among which gender is a factor. Do you know for a fact that the guy on the other side of the class who worked three other jobs to put himself through the CS program also had an extremely smooth path through college because he was male?