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Why are we assuming that a tech conference should be anyone's sexual playground, be they male or female? Also, what's up with all the boy-girl, girl-boy heteron

by jolie 16y ago

Why are we assuming that a tech conference should be anyone's sexual playground, be they male or female? Also, what's up with all the boy-girl, girl-boy heteronormative assumptions? At the end of the day, all this site did was show me 2 sexist coders (gasp!) who will likely never have enough respect for women to be able to work with any real women in a collaborative or professional setting.

warmwaffles 16y ago
Hmm...sounds like you have issues
pohl 16y ago
Why are we assuming that a tech conference should be anyone's sexual playground Are you asking me? It's the site's premise, not mine. As for their heteronormative assumptions (if any), must the site be prepared to service all markets before they're allowed to enter any one market? Edited as per gte910h's observation below.
- gte910h 16y ago
  I don't understand why you'd say they're assuming anything about the sexuality of the women that they're looking for. If anything the site is resoundingly silent on that, just literally mapping 4sq checkins to locations for people of the female gender who checked in.
gte910h 16y ago
What is sexist about wanting to find women? What is even vaguely sexist about that site? The tasteful pink toned argyle? Who said anyone was going to have sex with these women? Perhaps women just want to know where to go to avoid all the men? I think your comment is showing a lot more about you than them.
mukyu 16y ago
SXSW is not a tech conference.
- pohl 16y ago
  I voted you up for being strictly true, but thought someone should point out the strong tech component inherent in SXSW Interactive: "SXSW Interactive has attracted a strong following among web creators and entrepreneurs. Its focus on emerging technology has earned the festival a reputation as a breeding ground for new ideas and creative technologies." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sxsw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sxsw

by jolie 16y ago

warmwaffles 16y ago

Hmm...sounds like you have issues

pohl 16y ago

Why are we assuming that a tech conference should be anyone's sexual playground Are you asking me? It's the site's premise, not mine. As for their heteronormative assumptions (if any), must the site be prepared to service all markets before they're allowed to enter any one market? Edited as per gte910h's observation below.

gte910h 16y ago
I don't understand why you'd say they're assuming anything about the sexuality of the women that they're looking for. If anything the site is resoundingly silent on that, just literally mapping 4sq checkins to locations for people of the female gender who checked in.

gte910h 16y ago

What is sexist about wanting to find women? What is even vaguely sexist about that site? The tasteful pink toned argyle? Who said anyone was going to have sex with these women? Perhaps women just want to know where to go to avoid all the men? I think your comment is showing a lot more about you than them.

mukyu 16y ago

SXSW is not a tech conference.

pohl 16y ago
I voted you up for being strictly true, but thought someone should point out the strong tech component inherent in SXSW Interactive: "SXSW Interactive has attracted a strong following among web creators and entrepreneurs. Its focus on emerging technology has earned the festival a reputation as a breeding ground for new ideas and creative technologies." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sxsw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sxsw