According to this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7408466 it was a...

		nilkn on March 17, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidatio... According to this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7408466 it was at a party, with many non-Githubbers in attendance, and the onlookers were not only guys. So basically the article's description may be totally inaccurate.