Your comments have led me to see this situation in a new light. It doesn't make a lot of sense for someone to feel threatened by a dongle joke. Those happen eve

Your comments have led me to see this situation in a new light. It doesn't make a lot of sense for someone to feel threatened by a dongle joke. Those happen every five minutes at tech conferences. It makes more sense if she was suddenly lashing out at perceived sexism in the entire tech community, with the picture of the little girl on the screen combined with vaguely sexual humor acting as a trigger. But. If she was so tightly wound that a dongle joke caused a sense of danger so profound that the hair on the back of her neck stood on end, then she's probably dealing with personal psychological issues. We shouldn't confuse the mental state of one person with the situation of all women in technology. I don't think anyone is happy with the current levels of gender imbalance and sexism, but that seems like it might be a separate issue. There's a such a thing as too much empathy. If someone is exhibiting abnormal behavior then the best thing to do is to focus on getting them the help they need, and then question what factors in society might be contributing to their mental state. The majority of women can sit in a room full of men and overhear a dumb joke without feeling the need to publicly shame people. I definitely understand where you're coming from, but this seems to be an issue about this particular woman and her psychological state. I do feel some empathy for her in that respect, but she's still responsible for her actions.