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Re: Female Founders Conference

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Post by human_error »

nRike wrote: post #8
dkhenry wrote: post #5

Cool I am going to host the "Male Founders Conference" And no girls are allowed. What are you implicitly stating here? Women aren't good enough to stand toe to toe with male founders so the only way they will ever be able to succeed is if they are given special treatment. Why can't I go to this event and learn from female founders do they have nothing of value to convey to me as a male ?

> Cool I am going to host the "Male Founders Conference" And no girls are allowed. You can apply if you are male. > Why can't I go to this event and learn from female founders do they have nothing of value to convey to me as a male ? I think the conference goal is pretty clear: help aspiring female founders start more startups, the same way Startup School does.

> You can apply if you are male.

Don't you think it'd be just a 'founders conference' in that case?

Re: Female Founders Conference

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Post by nRike »

human_error wrote: post #11
nRike wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Cool I am going to host the "Male Founders Conference" And no girls are allowed. You can apply if you are male. > Why can't I go to this event and learn from female founders do they have nothing of value to convey to me as a male ? I think the conference goal is pretty clear: help aspiring female founders start more startups, the same way Startup School does.

> You can apply if you are male. Don't you think it'd be just a 'founders conference' in that case?

> Don't you think it'd be just a 'founders conference' in that case?

That's right, but its seems YC is looking to find an open space for aspiring female founders and, at the same time, still remain open for male atendees. What I said was because in the application form you can say if you are male or female.

Re: Female Founders Conference

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Post by Tohhou »

human_error wrote: post #10
oceanstone wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Cool I am going to host the "Male Founders Conference" I feel like I've seen that conference before, many times. Don't get me wrong, there were some very good speakers. But if one is trying to differentiate, and try something fresh, an all women conference makes a lot of sense.

> I feel like I've seen that conference before, many times. Really? Where? Could you please give an example?

Silly males! The world is your conference!

Re: Female Founders Conference

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Post by wellboy »

wellboy wrote: post #9
dkhenry wrote: post #5

Cool I am going to host the "Male Founders Conference" And no girls are allowed. What are you implicitly stating here? Women aren't good enough to stand toe to toe with male founders so the only way they will ever be able to succeed is if they are given special treatment. Why can't I go to this event and learn from female founders do they have nothing of value to convey to me as a male ?

Could you kindly s tfu please? Women do simply have it much harder than men in tech and if you even criticize them for trying to build a community, you do a lot of harm to the whole industry and will scare away even more women from becoming interested in tech. With statements like yours, you are making sure that the gender divide becomes bigger and bigger and that people become very sensitive and insecure when discus…

Why the downvotes, I said kindly?

Re: Female Founders Conference

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Post by SDGT »

nRike wrote: post #15
human_error wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> You can apply if you are male. Don't you think it'd be just a 'founders conference' in that case?

> Don't you think it'd be just a 'founders conference' in that case? That's right, but its seems YC is looking to find an open space for aspiring female founders and, at the same time, still remain open for male atendees. What I said was because in the application form you can say if you are male or female.

> YC is looking to find an open space for aspiring female founders and...

PG is probably partially covering his own ass after the most recent debacle. Correlation does not equal causation and all that fun stuff, but this is rather well timed.

Re: Female Founders Conference

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Post by tomp »

wellboy wrote: post #18
wellboy wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could you kindly s tfu please? Women do simply have it much harder than men in tech and if you even criticize them for trying to build a community, you do a lot of harm to the whole industry and will scare away even more women from becoming interested in tech. With statements like yours, you are making sure that the gender divide becomes bigger and bigger and that people become very sensitive and insecure when discus…

Why the downvotes, I said kindly?

>s tfu

Not really.

The way I understand GP's comment, he was stating why the whole idea might be considered controversial/misandric/inappropriate by reversing the genders (I'd say he was quite successful, btw, as you have clearly demonstrated by assuming chauvinistic/misogynistic intentions behind GP's comment). On the other hand, what you have done is you projected your dogmatic worldview where intellectual discussion and criticism is not welcome and only one point of view is correct/allowed.

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