Re:Why Brit Ruby 2013 was cancelled and why this is not ok
by MrKurtHaeusler on Sunday November 18, 2012 @11:47PM
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If I organised a conference, and failed to attract a single female speaker, especially in a community where sexism is a sensitive issue, I would immediately decide to cancel it of my own volition. I don't want to contribute to the type of things that make women feel excluded.
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Re:Why Brit Ruby 2013 was cancelled and why this is not ok
by Evbn on Monday November 19, 2012 @01:22AM
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So if women choose not to be included on your activity, you would cancel it, because women would feel excluded? OK....
If I never took part in anything that didn't attract females (that were not family), I would have never learned anything, or seen any movies, or eaten any food...
Re:Why Brit Ruby 2013 was cancelled and why this is not ok
by Kaworu on Monday November 19, 2012 @04:14AM
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That's a bit of a disingenuous comparison. Organizing a conference that should be representative of a very large, diverse community is not quite the same as organizing personal activities.