You sound very defensive about this, and yes I do expect to be taken seriously. What about hair products and cosmetics? Why is the menstrual product tax a silly argument? Women have to pay tax on a necessity item, and men do not experience that burden. I think it's a fair argument, seeing as I am a woman and have to pay that tax. I guess you're annoyed about me making this point because you can't relate to it. Also, you can't equate menstrual products to high heels - YOU can't expect to be taken seriously with that kind of silly argument.

I'm wondering where you read in my writing that women should be automatically accepted into tech just for being women? I said the industry isn't welcoming to women. Perhaps you think gender inequality isn't a problem because it isn't your experience to be treated differently based on an unconscious bias about your gender, but that doesn't mean that you should minimise my experience, or the experience of other women in tech.