I am certain that a few have dropped out due to sexism and discrimination. And certain that a few others have tried and found that the social aspects of working in a team of programmers, even polite, respectful ones, is just not rewarding.

Can we hear from those who felt kept or pushed out, please? If it is a real problem, where are the marches and movements and leaders at the podium? I suppose they don't hang out on HN, but they should be high profile, given that the media seems to be really interested in this story.

Here's a recent, related article (October, 2013) with a few anecdotes. http://www.businessinsider.com/7-things-keeping-women-out-of...

There is one comment. From a guy.