I&#x27;m kind of getting the same vibe, BUT...<p>...I&#x27;m assuming there&#x27;s something subtler and importanter to it, because it seems Michele&#x2F;Mz has a damned decent brain going on.  I mean seriously, how often do you find someone with this nuance of opinion:<p>&quot;I loathe the expression &quot;The Patriarchy&quot; and I think it mostly does not fit the issues of gender disparity seen on HN. I can think of one or two men there who strike me as staunch supporters of &quot;The Patriarchy,&quot; but I think most men there are not actively trying to keep &quot;little women&quot; in &quot;their place.&quot; They are mostly just human beings, who happen to be male, who don&#x27;t know a better answer than the crappy situation we currently have. But, then, most women don&#x27;t have better answers either and have much more vested interest in finding such answers. I see no reason to vilify men for such a prosaic shortcoming of happenstance.&quot; [1]<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;micheleincalifornia.blogspot.com&#x2F;p&#x2F;hn-tools.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;micheleincalifornia.blogspot.com&#x2F;p&#x2F;hn-tools.html</a>