[simonh]

I would understand it if any actual examples of men dismissing HTML and CSS as artsy or female were given, but they aren't, instead this association of them with femininity is being straw-personed into being as an excuse for ranting against an imagined bias.

Pioneering women were crucial in the development of CS as claimed, but HTML and CSS were both created by men so the author's accusation of denigrating the contribution of women is simply not a factor in this issue. Characterizing HTML and CSS as feminine in this way is promoting exactly the sort of gender stereotyping these rants are claiming to oppose.

I'm afraid this is what gender wars activism has come to - fabricating and promoting fake gender stereotypes and associations so they can keep fighting the good fight for it's own sake.