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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by grb423 on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @11:27AM (#12129758)
This is very refreshing. Diversity is a key to strength but seeing a woman present tech stuff is my preference at a tech conference. I was at a conference recently and I heard a neckbeard, seeing a woman warming up for the presentation we just sat down for, say something dismissive about another diversity talk. He actually left without sitting down. His loss. The talk was pure tech gold.

As the OP says, the diversity presentations should be left to the diversity professionals.

Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by searine on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @11:33AM (#12129813)
>I heard a neckbeard, seeing a woman warming up for the presentation we just sat down for, say something dismissive about another diversity talk

It's really hard to take your criticism of a sexist dismissal seriously when you preface it with a sexist dismissal.

Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by grb423 on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @11:40AM (#12129867)
You are absolutely right. I stand corrected. He just really annoyed me and I guess it still stings.
Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by nurettin on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @11:46AM (#12129942)
I took both sexist dismissals and your anti-sexist dismissal of OP seriously.