Also, I'm so glad you made the point about the barn door being open and the invite open. It's a great reminder and you can't say it enough. (Although, I think once a year is plenty.)

It's very simple: Ignorant comments are to be ignored. All the VC ladies I've known were much too smart and driven to give such morons any regard. They come from the mouths of little, little men and mean nothing.

Meet you at the dance!

I know it is out there, but moving forward with our generation, what is it going to be like? I see it running away from the old guard.

Perhaps something to think about / hope is true: the story you share is from someone in the dance making a decision around all dudes about someone outside. Will change if everyone is involved? Hope so.

I see many of these stories happening in the valley. boo to that.

An anecdote: my friend, a fantastically brilliant woman, was recently told by a superior that he'd never let *his* daughter post her whereabouts on twitter, due to safety concerns. Nonwithstanding this woman is in fact not his daughter, my friend had a more interesting delayed reaction to his comments.
She said the most harassed and threatened she's felt is specifically within the realm of the contributions she's made to the tech community. In other words, she feels safer posting her location to the internet than presenting to a room of her peers, due to the response.
I think this is more common than you assume, and something you may not see.

PS The comment her superior made, too, is entirely sexist.

I agree sexism is still there in the marketplace, but have found startups to be a rare breed in that they are working to solve the problem and really find it a fight to fight for.

I'm 25, I've just gone through college and joined the workforce without seeing a shining incident of sexism or favoritism, which I see as a tide shift for the better.

I'm saying the future is looking good, we need to make this happen.