Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream

Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by jblow on Sunday March 02, 2014 @11:20AM (#7329591)

Note the extreme lack of women commenting in this thread, as well as the lack of discussion of any of the substance of the livestream.

This thread is 100% nerdy dudes feeling offended by this event, plus other dudes attempting to counter this.

Is not this thread itself indicative of a giant problem?

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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by berrypicker on Sunday March 02, 2014 @11:50AM (#7329708)

Here's the problem summarized by an old-time female hacker:

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/girls-and-software

Whenever gender and software appears in a discussion, the same bs comes out every time. It's so predictable now you can just skip these sort of thread.

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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by Crake on Sunday March 02, 2014 @01:18PM (#7330067)

>This thread is 100% nerdy dudes feeling offended

"anyone who disagrees with me is a man! "

There are plenty of women here. You're just choosing to ignore and erase their existence because it invalidates your religion.

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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by facepalm on Monday March 03, 2014 @11:04AM (#7334445)

Men are not entitled to have an opinion?

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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by nhangen on Sunday March 02, 2014 @12:03PM (#7329776)

ad hominem + sweeping generality FTW

Seriously though, I am not a proponent of gender restricted events, but I have not commented on this particular thread because I wanted to watch the content first, and it's not really the place for such discussions.

That said, others may feel differently, having not participated in prior conversations on this topic, and thus, the label you've applied to opponents is unnecessary and unfair.

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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by Crake on Sunday March 02, 2014 @01:20PM (#7330080)

I like how being a man is considered an insult these days. Woman who disagrees with feminism? Damn men!

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