no, that is not what I'm saying. do not imply that i'm being sexist in any way, which i'm not.
the labour market, when it comes to comparing gender ratios, is a zero sum game. there are dozens of other well respected industries which are female dominated, and as far as i know, there are no men groups organizing men only events in those female dominated industries/jobs.
you are right on one thing: "Having outreach programs is _not_ a bad thing" what is morally wrong and ironic is the fact that an outreach effort excludes 50% of the population.
>what is morally wrong and ironic is the fact that an outreach effort excludes 50% of the population.
Pure nonsense. In the (apparently) hostile to women environment that is tech, it makes perfect sense to have women-centric meetups so that women can feel comfortable exploring technology and develop bonds with other women that can help them counteract bias.
What you should be questioning is why there is a need for a women centric event. Dismissing these issues and turning it around to ask why its excluding you (lets be honest here, this is exactly what you're doing) is the only thing morally wrong here.
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no, that is not what I'm saying. do not imply that i'm being sexist in any way, which i'm not.
the labour market, when it comes to comparing gender ratios, is a zero sum game. there are dozens of other well respected industries which are female dominated, and as far as i know, there are no men groups organizing men only events in those female dominated industries/jobs.
you are right on one thing: "Having outreach programs is _not_ a bad thing" what is morally wrong and ironic is the fact that an outreach effort excludes 50% of the population.
>what is morally wrong and ironic is the fact that an outreach effort excludes 50% of the population.
Pure nonsense. In the (apparently) hostile to women environment that is tech, it makes perfect sense to have women-centric meetups so that women can feel comfortable exploring technology and develop bonds with other women that can help them counteract bias.
What you should be questioning is why there is a need for a women centric event. Dismissing these issues and turning it around to ask why its excluding you (lets be honest here, this is exactly what you're doing) is the only thing morally wrong here.
>Dismissing these issues and turning it around to ask why its excluding you (lets be honest here, this is exactly what you're doing)
No, it is excluding part of the problem.
But hey, if your approach is to teach women "don't get raped" rather than tell society "don't rape", be my guest.
Your response has absolutely no connection to anything I said. It's rather impressive in its unrelatedness, actually.