At no point did I take it as a personal attack. Besides you were right! I realize (perhaps in hindsight) that the comments were likely chose to be unacceptabl

At no point did I take it as a personal attack. Besides you were right! I realize (perhaps in hindsight) that the comments were likely chose to be unacceptable. And you are right, I shouldn't have accepted the premise. Is saying: "I find you attractive, would you like to go out on a date?" in the work place acceptable? Maybe. It depends on the company culture most likely. At Github it appears such a question can't be uttered, because a 'no' response will cause a person's code to be reverted by a scorned suitor (and management do nothing). I also think that people in power (men in this case) could maybe learn some self control to not act differently around half the people in the world. And I realize it's a societal thing. A more honest work environment may help the problem, but so would solving the root cause of the problem.