I don't think that restriction changes anything beyond making it easier for women to appear to be manly enough, and that the instances of a user being discovere

I don't think that restriction changes anything beyond making it easier for women to appear to be manly enough, and that the instances of a user being discovered to be female are lower than the actual prevalence of females among the users. My points where general statements, applying equally to the wider culture in IT and to the specific subset tied to HN.