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I agree with everything you said, except the conclusion (that you led with.)

The OP said she wore a dress. Not "extremely femininely and girlishly". She wore a dress.

"But the one thing we cannot do is demand that the entire world see signals differently than they see them out on the street."

Apparently the entire world thinks wearing a dress is a signal that one cannot be a technical person. That's the point of the article.




You missed the other cues in the article.




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