Comment: C'mon, Andy--thought you knew better.  My disagreeing with a woman doesn't mean I've denigrated or discriminated against her.  If I do ridicule her argument it's because it was a stupid argument.  If the woman responds with emotion-driven, fact-free, irrational twaddle-speak I will say as much--without apology.  Being female doesn't exempt one from having buII$hit called on her.

Example: I have argued against single-track mountain-bike trails in high-density bear habitat based on public safety and wildlife conservation concerns.  A fatuous female named Lucille Bluth responded by accusing me of not wanting people to RIDE BIKES and wanting HER to stay home and have babies!  Naturally, I gave such an imbecilic reply all the ridicule it deserved.

Ask Roy Anthony (or any of his hundred aliases), Richard Rhyner, 'Evan S. Singh' or 'Koncerned' if I respond to 'em any more 'gently' than I would a female who engages in abject stupidity.  "Stupid is as stupid does, ma'am."