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Re: Female Founders Conference

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Post by rfnslyr »

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 ?

Why can't people just have their own events for their own people where they feel more comfortable? Maybe that's what it takes for some women, a friendly environment of just women.

Let it be.

Re: Female Founders Conference

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Post by wellboy »

tomp wrote: post #20
wellboy wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 discussi…

If you mean that he meant his comment to be satirical, I can't see a hint for that anywhere in his comment.

Re: Female Founders Conference

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Post by asdasf »

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…

>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 discussing female founders, female programmers and similar.

No, that is what statements like yours do. Contrary to popular belief, not all women share a single brain and all think the same thing. Many women do not like being singled out with patronizing events like this. They do not enjoy being reminded once again that they are not "programmers" but "women programmers", to be used as tools to score points in a game of politics.

Re: Female Founders Conference

#24

Post by logjam »

asdasf wrote: post #23
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…

>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 discussing female founders, female programmers and similar. No, that is what statements like yours do. Contrary to popular belief, not all women share a single brain and all think the same thing. Many women do not like being singled out with patronizing events like…

Contrary to your belief, there is absolutely nothing "patronizing" about supportive events in a hostile environment, a hostile environment created by decades of outright misogyny and sexual harassment, accompanied by decades of sticking ones head in the sand by others - like you and the OP.

Re: Female Founders Conference

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Post by kyro »

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 ?

Please explain to me the worst that can happen because of an event like this.

Re: Female Founders Conference

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Post by tomp »

wellboy wrote: post #22
tomp wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>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 discussi…

If you mean that he meant his comment to be satirical, I can't see a hint for that anywhere in his comment.

No, I mean that he was making a point, as if (s)he was in a debate and he was assigned to argue the opposite side of the argument

Re: Female Founders Conference

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Post by PopsiclePete »

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 ?

Sheesh. Somebody feels threatened. Let them be, seriously. We have enough "Ruby-on-rails super-star douche-wad with tits and porn jokes on his slides" events for overgrown man-children, let there be something for women that doesn't make them feel awkward or weird.

We already have a problem with this industry being a boys-only club, no need to get your panties in a bunch over this.

Re: Female Founders Conference

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Post by dkhenry »

kyro wrote: post #25
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 ?

Please explain to me the worst that can happen because of an event like this.

People who might not have the ability to succeed in the wider market are encouraged to start and then drop out and they extend the perception that females aren't suited to be start-up founders

Re: Female Founders Conference

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Post by danilocampos »

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

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> 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?

Uh, every single tech conference... ever?

Re: Female Founders Conference

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Post by wellboy »

tomp wrote: post #26
wellboy wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you mean that he meant his comment to be satirical, I can't see a hint for that anywhere in his comment.

No, I mean that he was making a point, as if (s)he was in a debate and he was assigned to argue the opposite side of the argument

Looking at the other comments, he was serious...gotta fight that!
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