More precisely, it's the way women can wind other computer nerds around their finger. The sword of attention cuts both ways.

You have completely missed the point of the comment that you are responding to. It's not that she's a woman, but that she put so much of her efforts into that identity.

Or maybe you're joking, but jokes don't go well in discussions like this.

Wasn't aware the two were distinct.

Women scare a lot of men. That is no doubt the real subtext of imagery of armed to the teeth, chain mail bikini clad women in certain types of fiction.

But I have found it is socially unacceptable to remark on that fact.