Oh good, this is my non-karma account. The SV sexism thing is a confluence of several vicious mutually-reinforcing factors: - Smart dudes who didn't see their

Oh good, this is my non-karma account. The SV sexism thing is a confluence of several vicious mutually-reinforcing factors: - Smart dudes who didn't see their intelligence sexually rewarded as much as they thought it deserved to be in their teen/college years, then feeling their oats a bit when they become sought-after developers - the various social pathologies that can arise from this, from feigned ignorance to creepy come-ons - Femininist envy of men daring to make good money without actually being high-status - various parties being insecure and trigger-happy on lashing out - tech being one of the very weird parts of the world where the basement-dweller "While you were partying, I studied the blade" resentment attitude actually has marketable value, if that blade was devops/ML/latest JS framework. Look, most parties involved are being really shitty to each other, but they mostly do it because they feel that they themselves have been injured or fear they are in danger of such. I don't imagine anyone's planning on stopping any time soon. I do hope that the well-adjusted reader of this comment, however, will take it upon him or herself to be kind as and when they can.