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> Dick jokes are perceived to be almost exclusively a part of "guy culture". And? Guys partaking in guy culture, somebody stop the presses. > So when guys at
by Domenic_S 14y ago
> Dick jokes are perceived to be almost exclusively a part of "guy culture".
And? Guys partaking in guy culture, somebody stop the presses.
> So when guys at a conference routinely make dick jokes in public, that contributes to a sense that the conference is a male space.
So it's like a turd in a punchbowl then? Two dudes make a dick joke and now the whole conference is a male space? I would agree with you if it was a conference organizer partaking, or someone giving a talk made the joke, because it would imply some kind of conference dick-joke-sponsorship.
- Steuard 14y agoDo you really want to base your analysis on the assumption that that this was the only dick joke anyone made in a public space at this conference? I sure wouldn't take that bet. The reason this sort of thing is an issue is that there are countless little signals like this in the tech community all the time, and for a lot of women they add up to a significant feeling of "You're an outsider here." It doesn't need to be officially sponsored by the conference organizers to be very real.