I thought exactly the same thing. Their complaints fall into two: 1) People questioned why they brought up being female 2) Trolls asked stupid/offensive questi

I thought exactly the same thing. Their complaints fall into two: 1) People questioned why they brought up being female 2) Trolls asked stupid/offensive questions We can all quickly agree on #2. It's 100% unacceptable but simply reflects (as you pointed out) that certain % of population are assholes, not widespread gender issue. However - #1 seems valid to me. In the words of supreme court justice Roberts - "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race". Ie if you want people to stop discriminating on the basis of gender, stop making it a deal. One may agree or disagree with this logic - but it's silly to point at it as example of 'gender discrimination'. YOU may want to make your gender an issue, but others' not wishing to join you in it doesn't mean anything.