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Y Combinator’s Women-Only Forum Is Becoming Its Own Business

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Re: Y Combinator’s Women-Only Forum Is Becoming Its Own Business

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Post by pl1234 »

gumby wrote: post #15
towaway1138 wrote: post #7

None of the women techies I know would be caught dead associating with something like this.

FWIW my girlfriend is pretty interested in this. And yes, I'd call her a techie: PhD in computer science, worked at Microsoft, FB, LinkedIn, and a bunch of smaller companies.

But did she get into the companies because she is good at programming, or because she is a woman?

Re: Y Combinator’s Women-Only Forum Is Becoming Its Own Business

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Post by tdb7893 »

oskkejdjdkjd wrote: post #2

A female only forum has proven successful and useful. Wouldn’t it logically follow to separate men and women in the workplace and in school?

There's a pretty big leap. Can you explain your reasoning a little more because I don't understand why it would logically follow, the answer to your question seems a simple "no" to me.

Re: Y Combinator’s Women-Only Forum Is Becoming Its Own Business

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Post by lipstone »

smokeybear wrote: post #11

a female only group is a rational response to a brogrammer culture. a desire for a femcentric branch forum {note i didnt say sub forum} is something that should be taken as a symptom of a systemic problem. women, are already segregated devalued and even attacked for thier gender, right here in SV, and right here in YC and HN. ostriches are not the only bird that thrust thier heads in the sand. segregation has happene…

Are you seriously condemning segregation while propping up a women-only group?

Also, Mississippi Burning? Do you not realize the extent of hyperbole in that comparison?

Re: Y Combinator’s Women-Only Forum Is Becoming Its Own Business

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Post by towaway1138 »

octokatt wrote: post #14
towaway1138 wrote: post #7

None of the women techies I know would be caught dead associating with something like this.

Or none of the women techies you know want to admit in front of you they want a place like this. Not saying you don't know them, but I am saying that admitting to wanting to talk to other women has traditionally been admitting to weakness in the workplace.

None of them would be comfortable joining an organization that was about excluding others based on their demographics (e.g., race, gender, orientation, etc.). That's one of the reasons I hold them in high regard.

Re: Y Combinator’s Women-Only Forum Is Becoming Its Own Business

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Post by boolaboola »

lipstone wrote: post #25
smokeybear wrote: post #11

a female only group is a rational response to a brogrammer culture. a desire for a femcentric branch forum {note i didnt say sub forum} is something that should be taken as a symptom of a systemic problem. women, are already segregated devalued and even attacked for thier gender, right here in SV, and right here in YC and HN. ostriches are not the only bird that thrust thier heads in the sand. segregation has happene…

Are you seriously condemning segregation while propping up a women-only group? Also, Mississippi Burning? Do you not realize the extent of hyperbole in that comparison?

segregation is bad, segregation is exclusion of another group or creed. the desire to have a place where something can be accomplished without being shamed or ostracized automatically for no other reason than being xenogenous is a big concern. It should come as a big wakeup call that women are so uncomfortable that they feel a need for a place of respite. I hope they excell far above YC, and i also wonder why there was a need for the startup to separate itself from YC so early in the game. Is it because they were encouraged every step of the way? or perhaps they were made to feel equal and given congruency of accreditation for thier efforts, maybe its the habit thier peers have of providing a hand shake and a conversation that involves a look in the eye that doesnt go south, maybe its about the absence of obscene whispering when they walk by certain offices and lounges? I dont know maybe its me, maybe im not seeing the reality around me, only a bunch of me too clenching feminists. There is a lot of change that has to happen. monumental change. The existence of this thread is proof and pudding all at once.

Re: Y Combinator’s Women-Only Forum Is Becoming Its Own Business

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Post by mr_toad »

gaze wrote: post #8

What’s more feminist, more female CEOs or eliminating CEOs entirely?

What’s the alternative? Make every decision by committee? Have shareholders vote on every decision? Randomly selected leader of the day? Have an AI run everything?

Re: Y Combinator’s Women-Only Forum Is Becoming Its Own Business

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Post by boolaboola »

gumby wrote: post #15
towaway1138 wrote: post #7

None of the women techies I know would be caught dead associating with something like this.

FWIW my girlfriend is pretty interested in this. And yes, I'd call her a techie: PhD in computer science, worked at Microsoft, FB, LinkedIn, and a bunch of smaller companies.

FWIW every female coder ive met is top notch.
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