This is a stupid article, and is exactly the reason why the Adria Richards incident has such a negative impact on the tech industry when it comes to equality.

This is a stupid article, and is exactly the reason why the Adria Richards incident has such a negative impact on the tech industry when it comes to equality. People were NOT pissed because a feminist spoke up. Nor were they pissed that someone was punished for making a sexist joke. People were pissed because the joke was NOT sexist, in any way shape or form, and the guys who made the jokes were unnecessarily shamed in public. The articles premise is that the joke was sexist, and it simply wasn't. Worse yet, it talks about HN as if there was all of this sexism going on in the comments for the articles that were posted here. There really wasn't. There was a lot of valid discussion on the subject that I don't think was particularly sexist. And Reddit? Reddit has SRS. These two websites are not some bastion for sexist pigs. They were not responsible for the death threats and abuse that she got. This article is a perfect example of how overreacting to trivial things will take attention away from legitimate sexism. All it does is slow down the move towards equality.