Hang on. The author went out of her way to say that it wasn't just because there were women in it, and made suggestions as to how it could be acceptable.
I understand so little of what was offensive about this that I can only conclude that I make outlandish social gaffes every day. And I've never heard of "tow-headed".
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 22.4 ms ] threadCould you read this blogpost (http://whatever.scalzi.com/2011/09/06/shut-up-and-listen/) by John Scalzi, and the linked comment (http://whatever.scalzi.com/2011/08/31/the-sort-of-crap-i-don...)? It tries to explain how people have different reactions to different things, and it's unreasonable to say "everyone should react to things exactly how I do".
This presentation offended the author. Let's think about the reasons it might've been out of line, and not jump to calling people Nazis.