[horseLOGIC]

That some person calls for the firing isn't the problem, but it's the faculties following through with it.

It's the infantilized "student customer" along with a long-standing infiltration of sectors of Academia with ideologically motivated staff that is enabling all that.

The majority of staff/students do not a agree with this, but there's a system of fear where you can ruin your career by being labeled racist/sexist (etc.) by one of these ignorant loudmouths.

We can't change this by calling for individuals to not act in a certain way, we need to dismantle this power structure inside (parts of) Academia. It starts with speaking up.

[Ntrails]

idk, it reads as though the university has handled this pretty well so far? It certainly helps that the author has a verifiable track record of engaging and encouraging women in CS.

[horseLOGIC]

I was making a general point, but even then you shouldn't need to have a "verifiable track record" just to say something mildly controversial without getting fired.