As a college educated white male, I know all too well how it feels to tread lightly on gender (and race). And since this is Hacker News, I figured there would be lots of debate. When I posted the original question, I just wanted to see if there were any women. So far 2 have spoken up (one appeared to be a lurker who registered to comment on the discussion). I don't know how many total active users there are (~500 who comment?) so I hoped there would be 5-10. Thought it would be cool anyway. Thanks everyone for the great discussion!