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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by staticelf on Sunday March 02, 2014 @10:36AM (#7329435)
No, my entire argument is about convincing people that events like these are sexist events and does not belong in an equal society. My experience is not that people have prejudices against females. My experience is that people rely on prejudices to exist in order to make sexist events "ok" or even "good".

Maybe female founders inspire women which is completely fine and maybe almost all the other founders events would qualify for a "male founders" event. But it doesn't change that there probably is a lot people that want to attend and being recognized not welcomed since they have the wrong gender which is kind of the core of sexism.

My absolute main point is that sexist events are not ok whatever you like to dress it up as. My second main point is that I felt the sexism my entire life and every time it happens it disgusts me and if it continues I am afraid that I will become very sexist myself even if I'd like not to. I am seriously afraid for it to come to a point were protecting my interests means being sexist to people that did not have anything to do with the sexism inflicted on me.

Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by rmrfrmrf on Sunday March 02, 2014 @12:56PM (#7329970)
This isn't an equal society, though, so your argument is invalid.
Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by enneff on Sunday March 02, 2014 @05:45PM (#7331097)
> My experience is not that people have prejudices against females.

Are you female? Because if you're not, you're probably not aware of them. Ask some of your female colleagues about it sometime.