I didn't read the article as saying DEF CON was the same as all other conferences. I read the opposite: that DEF CON is the worst, but the "hacker" niche of con

I didn't read the article as saying DEF CON was the same as all other conferences. I read the opposite: that DEF CON is the worst, but the "hacker" niche of conferences are all pretty bad. And you are wrong about whether DEF CON will be a hold-out of sexism. It might be the last holdout, but if and when gender equality becomes widespread across the US technical community, it's easy to see that no sexism could holdout in any popular venue. At the very least, the sponsors would run away. Finally, this: > The idea that a woman could write an article like this with no idea that occasionally a drunken man will make a pass at them is preposterous. Therefore I can only assume it's written specifically to start a kind of cultural flame war with the intent being to bring more attention and resources to their organization's cause. That is quite the accusation, with not even the flimsiest of supporting evidence.