...it's shit like this why many women shy away from participating in technology.
That's a hypothesis, a claim about how the world works. That's the point I'm questioning.
I don't much care about your feelings, nor was I commenting on them. You can feel whatever you like. If you want to make status lowering comments ("betraying your insecurities"), have at it. I'm well aware that personal attacks and the like are one of the results of questioning the orthodoxy.
That's a hypothesis, a claim about how the world works. That's the point I'm questioning.
I don't much care about your feelings, nor was I commenting on them. You can feel whatever you like. If you want to make status lowering comments ("betraying your insecurities"), have at it. I'm well aware that personal attacks and the like are one of the results of questioning the orthodoxy.