There is always a balance to be struck between tangents and focused
discussion. I am happy that we've had this thread to remind us all of
what our purpose is here - to discuss solutions to the gender gap.

But perhaps it's the intention that participation on this list be severely constrained, where posters should worry after each post that they'll be "corrected" condescendingly and / or threatened with moderation for disagreeing with another participant. If that's the case, I for one am happy to predict that the gendergap list will never achieve a sliver of its goal (not that it has up til now, of course).