Her username here is Doreen, and I assume that's her name. Why should she have to hide it?
If she has to hide her sex in order to get meaningful answers, that right there is a huge impediment us men in tech never have to experience.
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> She can't do that and at the same time complain about being treated as a woman.
She's not complaining about "being treated as a woman"; she is specifically complaining about this:
> "I can't join a chat or slack channel and count on getting help because I posted a question. I can count on being dismissed, sexually harassed and treated like an unwelcome intruder."
I don't think people should have to hide their identity in order to be able to discuss tech with their peers without harassment or being dismissed.
That is just hard to understand. If your gender is an issue, why even make it public in the first place? I mean, ever heard of the saying "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_...