Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far

Anybody who claims a "cabal" of women have a goal of subjugation of men, or that standing up against sexual harassment has resulted in a "witch hunt" atmosphere has their credibility drop to nothing. These aren't merely extraordinary claims. They're claims for which there isn't any reasonable way to provide evidence for support or refutation due to the presentation in the form of "men's rights" activism. The goals always shift with these claims. "Witch hunt" will just continue to take on different meanings until it's impossible to refute. The "cabal" will have a shifting constituency, agenda, and methods until it's more or less any woman or male who supports their goal of equal treatment and respect.

"Many men now feel like “there’s a gun to the head” to be better about gender issues, said Rebecca Lynn, a venture capitalist at Canvas Ventures, and while “there’s a high awareness right now, which is positive, at the same time there’s a fear.”"

Men should feel great pressure to be better about gender issues. The gender imbalances that exist currently are driven primarily by men in a society in which men exercise almost all the power. The "fear" described seems to me to be a fear of losing that power. There's no need to fear. My wife and I are equals in our relationship, and I haven't feared her a day in my life.

I'll believe this is an issue the day I go to work in a technology department that is more than 50% women.

there probably always were some men that thought anything had gone too far.

This topic burns too many calories and delivers no good end.

Serious question: should I flag op for posting a popular flamewar topic?

Edit: I do not appreciate being painted as a fringe extremist for refusing to ignore data. This "feminist" culture extends to HN, where I have been repeatedly down voted to oblivion for daring to suggest anything in this article.

The irony of course is that the down votes support everything that the "extremists" in the article claim is happening. The trouble is that we simply cannot have open dialogue while questions and answers like this are taboo, and so the problem of gender inequality in the workplace may never be solved.

I'm glad more and more people are become aware of the absurdity of the taboo.

Edit2: down votes are not intended to signal disagreement. You are reinforcing the toxic culture that breeds people like the ones in the article, by policing unpopular, but not low effort, answers. The trouble is that we can't even post supporting data because the topic had been taboo for at least 2-3 decades!

We see obvious, massive physiological differences in performance, but no one even considers the possibility that gender correlative differences in workplace performance could be manifestations of physiology.

No, we down vote instead. You people are cowards.