Why are people so adverse to talking in discord within FC?

[Rilifane]

I don't understand why some people here are so sensitive about it. It was a simple question from someone who seemed disappointed by the lack of use after it was specifically mentioned/ advertised.
No need to get out the pitchforks, nobody is forcing anyone to do it. Giving your personal reasons for not using it is one thing but this "bc chat exists DUH!" or "kids these days" makes it looks like this is a very sensitive topic for some that easily riles them up for whatever reason.

I just don't think that is true, at all. Sure, it does happen, don't get me wrong. I just think girls especially are targeted, as much as I'd hate to say it.

Although gaming has been around for quite some time now, it's still seen as a male dominated thing by many. Escpecially FFXIV seems to attract a lot of women, so it's kinda weird that someone would treat them differently but some still treat them like unicorns.
It was understandable in games where you had maybe one women every 20 men or so, it made for an unexpected surprise; escpecially in games that were targeted more towards a male audience. It probably had less to do with being a woman and more with being something "rare". But here?
It's often quite easy to correctly guess wether someone is male or female from their behaviour but maybe sometimes someone just thought it was a man and were then surprised when it turned out it was a woman all along. I never really understood the reason for it, mostly just taking wild guesses here.

Personally I am oblivious to flirting and such behavior it goes far over my head.

That's probably a good thing in MMOs. I imagine it's quite exhausting if you had to second-guess everything you or someone else said or felt the need to analyse it in order to prevent people from getting the wrong idea and then being clingy or mad.