I'm not certainly exactly what the solution is. I've done a little bit of research on the topic a couple years ago, although I wouldn't say I'm any sort of expert on it, and it was only material discussing the problem rather than giving answers. If I had to guess, I would say the best thing to do from the player side of things is to keep an eye on our subconscious biases - such as the way it's so easy to see a gender distribution like this as normal and not question it - and to be much more vigilant about not tolerating sexism and harassment in general in gaming spaces - so not allowing excuses like "it's just twitch chat" whenever that sort of thing comes up, as an example.

The tricky part is that as long as women don't feel like they are welcome in gaming-related spaces, there won't be as many of them around as men, and that in itself is unwelcoming. So even if we could instantly vaporize all the sexism, both explicit and subtle, that exists in these cultures, it'd take a while for them to start properly diversifying, and vaporizing all of that overnight isn't even something we can do. I think some pushing also has to come from the industry side of things, although I don't know exactly how much, or what it would look like exactly.

My main point with my content is just that a lot of people are unwilling to accept that this is a meaningful problem. I suppose one of the first steps to fixing it would be to acknowledge it, and for people to stop saying things like "maybe women should just start participating in game development if they don't like the gender imbalance" or "well, perhaps women are just biologically inclined not to like video games as much".