[Mz]

I am not upvoting this. I would like to see less of this on HN. As a woman, I sympathize with her frustration. I understand her anger. I think this could go over well in a different forum. It will not play well here. It will not help further productive discussion about a real path forward.

It frustrates me that this kind of stuff gets upvoted -- often far more than more even-handed writing that looks for a real path forward instead of someone to blame -- and then gets a lot of dismissive commentary. This only helps reinforce battle lines. It doesn't generally make men sympathetic to what women face; it doesn't propose an effective path forward; it doesn't provide new tools or mental models for genuinely improving things.

Men blame women for the fact that women feel crapped on. Women blame men for the fact that women feel crapped on. Neither of these positions gets us to a place where women stop feeling crapped on. Neither gives a new way to view the problem space so we can stop pointing fingers and start working together better.

[devereaux]

Nothing else to say - you said it all. Not adding to the fire is the best thing.

If I were to nitpick, I'd say some interventions are appropriate, but only when adding context or information, and when the tone of the conversation makes them welcome.

(EDIT- spelling and clarity)