She had a problem with what the men said. A personal problem. Hers alone. So she should have addressed the problem on her own behalf. Had she stood up and said

She had a problem with what the men said. A personal problem. Hers alone. So she should have addressed the problem on her own behalf. Had she stood up and said something TO the perpetrators, one of two things would have happened: they would have stopped the offensive behavior, or they would have ignored her and continued. If the former, she wins because the behavior that offends her stops; if the latter, she wins because she can take her complaint to conference organizers and have them kicked out, ending her problem. The latter case has the extra benefit of making the guys look like complete assholes for ignoring her, and would likely gain her sympathy from lookers-on. Instead we have her comparing herself to Joan of Arc and claiming to have started this passive-aggressive witch hunt in the name of All Future Girl/Female Programmers Ever. It is hard to describe how much this kind of thing sets back tech culture. One step forward...