&gt; Why would you think that women are looking for something to get offended about?<p>Clearly, not all women are looking for something to be outraged about. However, there is a vocal minority that loudly takes offense at friendly gestures, like in this particular instance. That&#x27;s what I take issue with.<p>&gt; If I was looking for something to get offended about I  wouldn&#x27;t hide behind male usernames on Stackoverflow, my local user groups, Hackernews (obviously not this account) and Github to avoid conflict. I just want to be a normal part of tech communities, on and offline.<p>That&#x27;s more of a consequence of the erosion of anonymity in the Internet, than you being a woman.<p>&gt; It&#x27;s absurd that you can write off the large portion of women who say there&#x27;s a problem because you don&#x27;t want to examine you&#x27;re own internal biases.<p>Large portion of women according to whom? I&#x27;m not writing off anybody either, I&#x27;m asking people to critically examine a concept and judge for themselves. I think you ought to think for yourself a little bit more, onee-sama.