You're right about that not being clear. I meant that it's traditional for guys to interact in that way, regardless of gender. Their emotional language may be p

You're right about that not being clear. I meant that it's traditional for guys to interact in that way, regardless of gender. Their emotional language may be patronizing, but the content is the exact same as if they were meeting a male hacker for the first time. I'm more of a design-world person, so I generally don't see the explicit sexism, since women designers are equally respected.