And the women (like me) who try to ignore them. Or at least I did -- until the Kathy Sierra affair.

Gee, a tiny bit of the rampant bullshit that’s directed at women online finally makes the news. Maybe now all those idiots who tell us it’s not a problem and we shouldn’t let it bother us with get a clue?

...each time women have become the most frequent users of a popular and brand new communication technology, narratives emerge in the mass media and eventually in the popular psyche about the dangers awaiting women who use technology alone.

Slashdot has become the hub of the tech world. So why do many of its users seem like sexist dicks?