What's fascinating is how people are trying to avoid talking about the obvious motivator for men not present in women, and how the slow death of that motivator is affecting things.
Take a look in the mirror before trying to subtly call someone ignorant, would you?
the parent was at least trying to make a reasoned point, even if you don't agree with him.
This is Hacker News not Prime Ministers Questions. We're here for intellectual curiosity, some measure of vulnerability and open discussion.
Calling people bigoted or old fashioned isn't swaying anyone, if anything it will push people away because as soon as someone says "they've got a point there" and there's backlash instead of a rebuttal: you've lost another person.
There was not reason in the parent's point, and I believe such arguments have no right to be treated as serious.