Re:Tech is the best industry for women
by dragonwriter on Thursday July 27, 2017 @05:40PM
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> It's the same girls scouts doing something different
Alternatively, it's a change by scout leadership which broadens the set of interests to which the Girl Scouts appeal, increasing the diversity of the population the scouts will be able to recruit and retain.
Hence, inclusive.
Re:Tech is the best industry for women
by humanrebar on Thursday July 27, 2017 @06:05PM
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Hmmm... maybe. There's a sense of immediacy to 'inclusive', though. Like someone is already included. What you're describing is more like 'hospitable' or 'inviting' or, again, 'eclectic'.
Re:Tech is the best industry for women
by dragonwriter on Thursday July 27, 2017 @06:12PM
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> There's a sense of immediacy to 'inclusive', though.
Perhals, but there's no reason the recruitment and retention effect on people with the interests it addresses would not be, at least to some extent, immediate.
I think there's some subtle definition creep in the word "inclusive" these days. It's starting to mean "cosmopolitan". I recall the recent STEM girl scouts story. One of the commenters called the initiative "inclusive", which isn't quite the right. It's the same girls scouts doing something different, so it's not more inclusive, really. Beneficial? Sure. Eclectic? Yeah. Progressive? OK. Inclusive? I'm not following.