If you're utterly terrified that cross-gender interaction will end badly for you, then maybe it's not best for you to take the lead on outreach. There are lots

If you're utterly terrified that cross-gender interaction will end badly for you, then maybe it's not best for you to take the lead on outreach. There are lots of other people who don't feel such an extreme level of fear and discomfort, yet who probably could do more in terms of inclusion. Those are the people I hope the author of this article reaches. I hope the many commenters on this article who feel so uncomfortable with female colleagues do find some way to improve their situation though -- their alienation is bad for them, bad for women, bad for all of us collectively.