Me and the literal 6 or so other women in this giant engineering dept even teamed up and participated in a hackathon. There were like 200 men and us in our pink sweaters :')
We made a food tracking app or something dumb, so we didn't win, but I do remember being a bit uncomfortable sitting a hanger with 200 men overnight. The guys didn't engage much with us. It was fine, but not necessarily welcoming.
Anecdotally, how not to do inclusive leadership.
I had a senior manager whose wife had broken both arms on a cycling trip and he was complaining NON-STOP about now having to do everything at home while working fulltime. When I pointed out that I also did everything at home while working fulltime, and I was fine, he said "yeah but it comes natural to you" (plural you, 'jullie' in Dutch). This was in a team meeting. The same manager would often try to give secretarial tasks. Fun times.
