Our industry sucks for diversity and conferences are only showing up the fact

Re:Our industry sucks for diversity and conferences are only... by yummyfajitas on Sunday January 06, 2013 @08:57AM (#5016313)

Let me see if I get this straight.

Sexist women will choose conferences based on the gender of the speaker. Due to greed, and because these women are so desirable to have at conferences (why?), we should therefore discriminate in speaker choice.

Have I missed anything?

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Re:Our industry sucks for diversity and conferences are only... by mgkimsal on Sunday January 06, 2013 @09:11AM (#5016339)

Yep, that's it. 100%. Bonus points for use of the neutral word "sexist".

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Re:Our industry sucks for diversity and conferences are only... by w1ntermute on Sunday January 06, 2013 @12:21PM (#5016853)

And why is it that women get a pass for being sexist, but men don't? If women want to be treated equally, then it should be okay if men refuse to attend their conference talks as well, right? After all, we're only doing what they're already doing.

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