This highlights an issue I've gradually been understanding, as a man: Some men just treat women differently. Even if a woman respons to situations straightforw

This highlights an issue I've gradually been understanding, as a man: Some men just treat women differently. Even if a woman respons to situations straightforwardly, their response might dismissed or discredited because they're a woman. Sexism just is not something that can simply be "solved" by women just acting like men (a point of view that seems disturbingly prevalent in the hacker crowd, even here on HN). The problem is men who systematically discredit and devalue women, even if they only do so in their own head. The only way to eliminate sexism is to make it abundantly clear to these individuals that that is not acceptable. And unfortunately, women are often not in a position to do so. Because to that person, they're discredited.