That sounds overblown to me, too. This presentation doesn't make me think less of female developers. But, it doesn't matter what I think, because I'm a dude.

That sounds overblown to me, too. This presentation doesn't make me think less of female developers. But, it doesn't matter what I think, because I'm a dude. I don't have to come to work and feel marginalized by this slideshow. It doesn't matter if the slideshow makes people think about female hackers differently; what matters is whether female hackers feel alienated by the slideshow on a basis of gender. I like to think that the hacker community is equal-opportunity. It is (or should be) a meritocracy. Unless things like gender, race, sexual orientation, etc. are hacker merits, shouldn't we be opposed to alienating minority groups?