I quite agree, which is why I have never done any such thing, and neither has anyone else on this thread. You see, a really important aspect of "rational, adult discourse" is to actually read what has been said. The only aspersions to character on this thread have come from you. (Telling someone that their arguments demonstrate a lack of understanding of the concept of sexism is not a correct understanding is not an aspersion to character, it is a statement of scientific fact.) Fortunately, a thread is a written record, so my facts can actually be checked.
You seem to think a science forum is based around expressing beliefs. No, it's not, it's based around discussing evidence. That is what I have done, and what you have not done. This is simply a fact-- when facts are mistaken for "beliefs", discourse takes on the character of a debate with a creationist or a UFOlogist, as this one has done.