> "People want to talk about this stuff at work?......water cooler for hours a day discussing football, cinema, the symphony, and/or sex..." Either you misunde

> "People want to talk about this stuff at work?......water cooler for hours a day discussing football, cinema, the symphony, and/or sex..." Either you misunderstand my point, or you're making a straw man argument. I was talking about discussion on here (HN), not sitting around water coolers in the office for several hours. See how my previous comment has been downvoted without explanation? I'm talking about that sort of thing, reflexive "Ewww, he said sex!" behaviour. > "If sex and gender are an obstacle to getting work done (you know, the actual reason we're even getting paid to be in this office...." Well, it isn't an obstacle to work every day, but it can be. You might have heard of the github incident recently, or if you haven't, you might want to read the details.