[codewhisperer]

Speaking as a member of the homogametic sex, I've been lurking on news.ycomb for a few months now. About the time I was considering speaking up on an algorithms topic, this appeared as a leading link: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=99255. The comments included such insights as "where can I get me some of that" and "those chicks aren't hot enough for the likes of me."

Now the use of "lady hackers" has raised my hackles as well. (See the American Heritage Book of English Usage for a deft explanation of why: http://www.bartleby.com/64/C005/021.html.)

I keep lurking because the community here is small enough to wash up a few pointers I wouldn't otherwise find. But, gentlemen, I take my insights where they're welcome.

[bayareaguy]

As someone who never studied much biology, I must thank you for adding the word "homogametic" to my vocabulary.

[rms]

>But, gentlemen, I take my insights where they're welcome.

Where is that? And... I would tell you to give the community a chance and all that, but I'll let you make up your own mind.

[curi]

YC is not perfect. But which places are considerably better?

Certainly there are places where people focus narrowly enough on the topic for gender never to come up. But, that's probably true on YC too. Go to a different thread, make an on-topic post, and you can probably even post under a female sounding name with no one noticing.