> Unless, of course, you think that companies that actively look to correct that imbalance are the problem, in which case I would pose that you are the problem.

I'm not the OP, but I think it's as unethical to be biased towards any group. A company should do it's best to ignore gender and focus on merit. Companies that 'actively look to correct that imbalance' make things worse and reinforce stereotypes with token hires.

> Ah yes, because calling people out on dick jokes at a professional conference is exactly like the thought police.

Starting a Twitter vendetta rather than approaching people who made a schoolyard joke http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/25/adria-richards-fi... makes things worse, not better.