>>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>In the game development area (a big market, and one I know very little about), you're right - and actually, the behavior is really bad. My brother in law is heavy into games and game development, and I've heard some really bad language and dirty jokes (and in some cases, pressure on girls to meet in real life) told in chat rooms where there are some females involved. No excuse for it - no female should have to tolerate it.
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>I've seen "coding contest" website advertisements that show sexually suggestive material (clearly targeting young males) and I'm amazed at the lack of common sense (among other things).
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>How much of it is tied to the culture of the particular community, I don't know. But at the end of the day, it's all about people choosing to either act like responsible adults, or not.
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>I still say the general development communities associated with the Microsoft platform are pretty clean of this (and I am probably guilty of only thinking of these types of communities), but obviously there are many technology worlds out there.

Did you read any of the tweets? They are disgusting, if not, go take a look at them..