I initially flagged this thread because it looked like a classic flamebait topic. I unflagged it because it looks like a civil discussion was being had. Howev

I initially flagged this thread because it looked like a classic flamebait topic. I unflagged it because it looks like a civil discussion was being had. However I am sick to death of "Women In Tech" constantly coming up on HN, a while back gender topics would sometimes account every tenth discussion thread with classic left vs right rants and I think most people here have had their fill of this topic. I think there is a huge population of political activists acting as concern trolls with respect to gender and sexuality topics. You have anti-FGM activists attacking tumblerinas, you have outrage junkies attacking conservatives because of something to do with bathrooms and 0.01% of the population. None of this is supposed to lead to a healthy discussion, it is a culture war fought exclusively by armies of strawmen (and strawwomen!).