…code written by women was in fact more likely to be approved by their peers than code written by men. But that wasn’t the end of the story: this only proved true as long as their peers didn’t realise the code had been written by a woman. “Our results suggest that although women on GitHub may be more competent overall, bias against them exists nonetheless,” the study’s authors write.

Source: Women considered better coders – but only if they hide their gender | Technology | The Guardian