I don't have an answer to that, I just want to highlight how blurred the line is between what the community tolerates and what it doesn't. There is a thread with a similar discussion, but somehow the one that comes from fiction didn't trigger the same reaction as this article, which deals with science: Arthur Conan Doyle explored men’s mental health through Sherlock Holmes | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46068015
> This is not right and it's making HN a worse place.
I think so too, but It's not a strong opinion from me. Some things are offtopic. The problem is that there are no other good discussion places to discuss this. Maybe it's because such topics attract a lot of people with strong opinions who don't engage in good-faith discussion (I'm not talking about you or that one guy).
> One guy (234000 karma) doesn't.
I think one guy flagging is not enough for article to be [Flagged].
If I'm mistaken, the mods can clarify how many flags does it take to bury a post, and if there are people with special flagging rights or if karma plays a role in flagging.
A quick look through some of the responses here will reveal the reason - for some people, any discussion of an exclusively male problem is perceived as anti-female.
Those people (who have been active in this thread) are probably the ones who have flagged it.
dang, mods, this is getting ridiculous. A couple of people are deciding what the community is discussing. Something needs to change.