Web comic xkcd takes on sexist morons in the geek community:
When someone with a feminine username joins your community, and you say “OMG a woman on the Internet,” or “jokingly” ask for naked pics, you are being an asshole. You are not being ironic. You are not cracking everyone up. You are [...]

Up or down?
Logic dictates that you leave it the way you like it. If everyone did that, then the toilet seat would be in each user’s preferred position in proportion to their frequency of use.
As usual, logic and etiquette only have the faintest connection. There are any number of arguments I could give [...]

If my http access logs are anything to go by, I get a lot of people coming here looking for information about business casual clothing for women. Tough topic! It’s hard enough to explain business casual at all, but at least men have the benefit of not having fashion change on them quite [...]

There’s a thread going on the London Perl Mongers mailing list, wherein one poster thoughtlessly addressed his email to “Gentlemen” and got called on it.
It’s easy to do, and there’s no reason not to when you know that the group you’re talking to are all men. But what if you don’t know? What [...]