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Honestly, I didn't gain anything from reading this. The PyLadies announcement is awesome and it really doesn't take a big writeup to understand why.
by jps359 14y ago
Honestly, I didn't gain anything from reading this. The PyLadies announcement is awesome and it really doesn't take a big writeup to understand why.
- roguelynn 14y agoyet some still need to read it.
- KirinDave 14y agoTo anyone who's devoted a reasonable amount of thought to the subject, it should be obvious that it is a Good Thing. However, this crowd is full of entitled young men who don't like the implication that they somehow had any advantage or are (accidentally or purposefully) discouraging anyone from doing anything. I have literally heard this argument leveled as I tried to explain this to one such rich young white male, "I don't see why women need any [extra consideration] in our community. Nothing stops them from going to school then getting a job, just like I did. ... I never saw a no-girls-allowed sign on the door." Outrageous, isn't it? The response to the declaration of a problem is to deny the problem exists because it is still strictly possible for a woman to press through the constant stream of discouraging media, denigration, and implicit unfair treatment. Which just goes to show how incredibly out-of-touch some people can be. And so articles like this serve as reference points during conversations like the one above.
- briancurtin 14y agoGood on you. Unfortunately male privilege, usually white male privilege, doesn't allow a large portion of the audience to "get it".