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This has really jumped the shark now: > If you were sitting in Matt’s presentation, or have experienced similar presentations or associations in the past: [...

This has really jumped the shark now: > If you were sitting in Matt’s presentation, or have experienced similar presentations or associations in the past: [...] > You might expect women to be more submissive; to accept delegated tasks more easily, or question process less, or accept lower pay. Enough.

jnovek 18y ago
That sounds overblown to me, too. This presentation doesn't make me think less of female developers. But, it doesn't matter what I think, because I'm a dude. I don't have to come to work and feel marginalized by this slideshow. It doesn't matter if the slideshow makes people think about female hackers differently; what matters is whether female hackers feel alienated by the slideshow on a basis of gender. I like to think that the hacker community is equal-opportunity. It is (or should be) a meritocracy. Unless things like gender, race, sexual orientation, etc. are hacker merits, shouldn't we be opposed to alienating minority groups?