It's a thing. It makes front page on HN once a month or so which implies that it happens more than that. The motives behind it seem to span a spectrum from st

It's a thing. It makes front page on HN once a month or so which implies that it happens more than that. The motives behind it seem to span a spectrum from straight sexism through to weird stalkerness. As someone else wrote, sunlight is probably the best way to try and reduce the problem.