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>>Unfortunately, in some parts of the tech community, it's not just a few bad apples, but very bad culture. IME, the VFP community is pretty amazing in the treatment of women as equal partners. I'm sure that's partly because there have been visible female leaders in the community pretty much from day 1. When I read about some of what women in other tech communities go through on a regular basis, I'm very grateful that I landed in this community.
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>When you say "some women in other tech communities go through on a regular basis", what do you mean? There have been random incidents (and they are very bad when they happen) but I don't know if I've ever heard anyone characterize it as a regular basis.

I don't have time to give you a whole set of links this morning, but to get you started, check out #gamergate and google for Kathy Sierra. I'll add more as time allows.

There are wide swaths of tech where women who dare to become visible face an incredible level of not just rudeness, but actual threats and no one will take the threats seriously.

Tamar