Apologies if it came across as exaggerating your point, I didn't mean to equate what you wrote to Jim Crow laws at all but rather to provide an extreme example

Apologies if it came across as exaggerating your point, I didn't mean to equate what you wrote to Jim Crow laws at all but rather to provide an extreme example to illustrate how preferences of the majority are not related to whether an environment is good or bad. I'm also not looking to argue really. I just find it frustrating when women raise what strike me as some pretty valid points and it gets shot down immediately (such as this original post being flagged and having pretty defensive/dismissive comments immediately). The original link has a references link for each point, which point to things such as the National Science Foundation rather than personal opinion blogs. Nothing on that page is a big rant about how all men are evil, etc., and I think the sources provided are pretty solid. The reaction is telling and as another commented noted, does to some degree prove the point.