yes indeed... this system of down-voting by HN is certainly not being used as content-control but more as a form of censor-ship and political-correctness(especially when it comes to 'women')....
It's not like I expected to disagree with a template feminist story (X is sexist, if only X was a meritocracy women would be there) without facing the idea that disagreeing with them can only be the product of sexism.