My thoughts on the original article: I'm sure Wadhwa does a lot of things that are counterproductive to his stated goals and obstructive to the women trying to

My thoughts on the original article: I'm sure Wadhwa does a lot of things that are counterproductive to his stated goals and obstructive to the women trying to have their voices heard. I'm sure he is oblivious to the fact that he ends up stealing some attention from the cause for himself, and to many other things. However I'm also pretty sure that he is earnest in his intensions and his desire to help women in tech. He is well respected in Silicon Valley by many influential people and has the pulpit to attract the attention to the difficulties women in tech face and the great things they have to offer. His language may be off and he is a bit tone deaf, but consider that he was (probably) raised in a fairly patriarchical, misogynist culture that he has come to actively reject and campaign against. I also take offense at the libelous implication that Amelia (author) makes of the sexual nature of Wadhwa's offer to talk to people who disagree with him at his private office at Stanford. I am not a woman, a member of an lgbt or any other visible minority group, but I strongly support acceptance and acknowledgement of the shared humanity that we all share, equal opportunities and everybody's fundamental right to human dignity and making choices in their private lives that make them happy. I will take help and support for these causes anywhere they come from, especially if it is coming from a person that is in the position to influence a group that is otherwise unlikely to listen to these messages. I also support open civilized discussion and believe that well intentioned and compassionate people will make changes in their behavior if someone takes the time to explain to them in a non-hostile manner how particular things they are doing harm the people they want to help.