[VikingCoder]

Rush's brain: "Wow, one of my classmates made it to Facebook? Cool." Rush's brain a moment later, "Wait, TWO of my classmates made it to Facebook?!? Oh... well then I should have applied for that internship." I'm sympathetic to the view that Rush was being sexist. But could it possibly be that Rush was just adding up the numbers and realizing that his odds weren't as bad as he realized?

"and I’ve been cornered by a stranger at night outside Stanford’s Gates Building when leaving office hours." This doesn't strike me as an indictment against Stanford or against Computer Science - just against men in general.

"Worst of all, a 50-­year-­old married, male coworker at one internship would regularly make it a point in passing to comment on how “fun” my dresses looked." I wasn't there, and again, I'm sympathetic to the idea that this could have been sexism - but I again wonder if this wasn't just a compliment. As a 40-year-old married male, I wonder if I can compliment my female co-workers on how they look. And at what frequency would it become the "worst of all" sexism that female had ever encountered?

"I noticed that management listened more to what my male counterparts had to say even though I was offering insightful feedback." I've seen this first-hand, and it's disgusting. I saw blatant sexism and racism in my college, as well.

I am sympathetic, but some of the examples cited seem questionable to me.