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The event is targeted to women, but they are not exclusionary. Look at the invitation form. As to your main point, when there is a power asymmetry, I think it
by scott_s 13y ago
The event is targeted to women, but they are not exclusionary. Look at the invitation form.
As to your main point, when there is a power asymmetry, I think it is unlikely for that asymmetry to remedy itself without explicit efforts targeted at it.
- ElComradio 13y agoThere is no mention of males involved or invited to come anywhere else, so I'm going to believe that drop down exists to send a "thanks for your support" or is simply an oversight. I don't have a moral problem with gender exclusive events. It's sexist and exclusionary and that's ok, and I hope the ladies putting on the event feel the same.
- DanBC 13y agoDid you read the thread where people running the event have said that males can apply, but that females are goven priority?
- ElComradio 13y agoI did not, thanks. However, can we agree that a drop down box and a comment buried on HN being the only indications men are welcome to apply amounts to hair splitting when we are deciding whether or not to classify this as a gender exclusive event?
- yapcguy 13y agoYC have jumped the shark and landed into an ocean of political correctness. The conference is called "FEMALE" Founders Conference, yet males can apply? Utter lunacy.