[dragonwriter]

> It's equally depressing that otherwise intelligent people will try to argue against codes of conduct, not realizing that as white men, they have literally no say in the matter

If its codes of conduct for a community they are part of, they certainly do have a say (and can reasonably expected to leave the community and form their own if they are denied that say.)

[tedks]

WOMAN: I find it creepy and threatening when men hit on me at hackathons and I'd like it to stop.

MAN: But what about my right to have a say in the communities I'm a part of?

...yeah.

[dragonwriter]

If there's a problem with the man's viewpoint, its with the viewpoint, not with the gender of the person who holds it.