> Also notice how it is almost always okay for "women" to be discouraged and counted as collateral damage.

Quote one person in this thread who said that it wouldn't be ok if it affected men instead. Or just one person implying that.

You're assuming a lot here. If anything, I think it's likely less people would care if a bunch of men were alienated, since there's already so many of them in the field in the first palce.