"Apparently you think this is (i) sexist but (ii) within their right to do. That's unusual… even if you believe this, why would you bring it up?" Basically, I

"Apparently you think this is (i) sexist but (ii) within their right to do. That's unusual… even if you believe this, why would you bring it up?" Basically, I think "we" have a right to freedom of association. And so many distasteful behaviors, like sexism, are legal, but should not be tolerated nor encouraged. Hacker School may be within their legal rights to offer discriminatory grants. The Boy Scouts are apparently allowed to discriminate against gays. I dislike these policies of both organizations and will protest both even as I generally wish the organizations themselves well and acknowledge the good they try to do. Is sexism against guys a problem in the industry now? Sexism is sexism. Don't rationalize it. Don't tolerate it. Don't encourage it. I'd love to attend but I find it too expensive. I'm not complaining about this grant though. I think it's great! I absolutely hate that there are few women in the IT industry in the Western world. Kenehora. You are zazen. Everyone should be you. You sound like a true bootstrapper, a self-made man that needs no help from others. Corollary, not everyone is you, wants to be you, or thinks you're all that. But thank you anyway.