Mentoring and diversity for Python

It is when people target a woman in a manner that they would not have, had she been a man – and that unfortunately happens all too often. Male software developers don't tend to get harrassed for being male software developers (see, e.g., Gamergate).

Also, if “that problem isn't unique to women” is a true statement it should, if anything, be interpreted as a call to action, to try to minimize bad experiences for everyone including women. Unfortunately it is, more often than not, interpreted as an excuse for doing nothing at all (“it's just a fact of life”) – in effect a form of whataboutism.