Excellent point. I agree that it's not inappropriate to be visible as a
woman, but it's about privacy and safety. I know men who as a rule don't
put out personal information on the internet for similar reasons. Maybe
I've gone to the other extreme by removing my infoboxes from my userpage,
and
Wow, did everybody here just blame the victim? “If you had done x this
wouldn't have happened.” No. This is exactly the point that keeps women from
participating in everything, incluiding being visible in Wikipedia and talking
openly about their interests!
It was inappropriate of the guy to
