[Mz]

One of the differences is that men get far more constructive attention than women. This helps offset the negatives. There is more payoff for men who put themselves out there.

Have you recently done any of the following on HN:

Engaged a woman in good faith discussion?

Upvoted her comments, submissions, or written work?

Addressed the substance of her points instead of nitpicking minor issues or focusing on her gender in some way?

Engaged with her in a manner that in some way enhanced her public reputation as a professional or otherwise enhanced her professionally?

These things happen routinely for men on HN. I think they are far less common for women.

I am not afraid to stick my neck out, but I am unusual for a woman in many ways, yet I am still finding it enormously frustrating. The degree to which expressing myself gets hatred, sexual harassment or dismissal vastly outweighs the degree to which anything I do gets taken in any way seriously. The sad thing is that I suspect my experiences are dramatically more positive than what is typical for a woman online.

[khedoros1]

> Have you recently done any of the following on HN:

How are we to know? People here are just usernames. If there are any substantial number of women here, then I've certainly had the same mix of positive and negative interactions with them as anyone else on this site (I'm green because someone changed the password to my account, and I didn't have an e-mail registered to it).

There are few enough people that explicitly mention their gender here, and I'd always assumed it wasn't an issue (within this community, at least). It's sad to hear that you're having trouble.

[coldtea]

>Have you recently done any of the following on HN:

Probably. I engage commenters -- and because of the handles (which I don't even check before commenting) I seldom know whether they are men or women (or LGBT), and basically I don't even care whether they are X or Y sex or not, as long as they have something interesting to say, or say something that I disagree with and want to comment on.

I'm an equal opportunity "somebody is wrong on the internet" commenter.

>These things happen routinely for men on HN. I think they are far less common for women.

Maybe because woman are much fewer than men on HN? I engage with both men and women on somewhat equal frequency on other forums and media, e.g. Facebook.

[Mz]

Thank you.