This is Not ok

#1

Post by nlz1 » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 1:57 PM UTC

Re: This is Not ok

#2

Post by TylerE » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 2:19 PM UTC

This doesn't really make sense.

She's complaining that at an event with 97% of attendance by men (by her own statement), they got, say, 92% of the bathroom facilities, and then throws a fit.

Not buying it.

If this is the biggest outrage in your life you should consider yourself fortunate.

Re: This is Not ok

#3

Post by verroq » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 2:20 PM UTC

It is the weekly females in tech industry time again?

At the risk of derailing the thread, why do so many people want to get more women into programming? Isn't that just as misguided as trying to get more men into nursing? Just because we strive for gender equality doesn't mean every job has to have exactly the same gender ratios.

Re: This is Not ok

#4

Post by praptak » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 2:21 PM UTC

It is sort of a followup to the previous post: http://blog.jessitron.com/2012/09/confessions-of-woman-in-te...

Re: This is Not ok

#5

Post by Tichy » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 2:21 PM UTC

At first I thought she got angry about an relabeling of the women's room, which would be ridiculous, but I think what she means is that it is not OK that there are only so few women. Could be worded clearer...

Re: This is Not ok

#6

Post by sergiotapia » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 2:21 PM UTC

>That day in the Family Restroom I threw a fit. Hurled my water bottle at the wall and screamed, "This is not OK!"

Oh please, calm down. Closed the tab.

Re: This is Not ok

#7

Post by davidw » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 2:21 PM UTC

TylerE wrote: post #2

This doesn't really make sense. She's complaining that at an event with 97% of attendance by men (by her own statement), they got, say, 92% of the bathroom facilities, and then throws a fit. Not buying it. If this is the biggest outrage in your life you should consider yourself fortunate.

If you read the article, she's complaining that there aren't enough women at conferences, not really about the bathroom situation.

Re: This is Not ok

#8

Post by djt » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 2:22 PM UTC

I think she isn't complaining about the toilets, she is saying that she didn't realize how few women were in attendance until that point.

Re: This is Not ok

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Post by moistgorilla » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 2:22 PM UTC

TylerE wrote: post #2

This doesn't really make sense. She's complaining that at an event with 97% of attendance by men (by her own statement), they got, say, 92% of the bathroom facilities, and then throws a fit. Not buying it. If this is the biggest outrage in your life you should consider yourself fortunate.

I don't think she has a problem with the fact that men got 92% of the bathroom facilities. Especially when it was logically justified. I just think she was disillusioned by the fact that there were so few woman at the conference that a decision like that could be justified.

Re: This is Not ok

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Post by bhughes » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 2:22 PM UTC

TylerE wrote: post #2

This doesn't really make sense. She's complaining that at an event with 97% of attendance by men (by her own statement), they got, say, 92% of the bathroom facilities, and then throws a fit. Not buying it. If this is the biggest outrage in your life you should consider yourself fortunate.

Did you actually read the article?

She's wasn't upset that there was less bathroom capacity for women, but rather that this illustrated the (in her view) woefully meager representation of women at the conference.