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It seems like your core point is that it is wrong for a conference organizer to seek out people to speak on a particular topic. I disagree. This strikes me as
by hsod 12y ago
It seems like your core point is that it is wrong for a conference organizer to seek out people to speak on a particular topic.
I disagree. This strikes me as exactly the kind of thing organizers should be thinking about.
- snipeyhead 12y agoThe problem is, women in tech isn't a topic I speak on, so by your logic, they should never have reached out to me in the first place.
- smsm42 12y agoNo, it's not wrong in general. Don't try to make the argument about some abstract principle reduced to absurd generality. It was "wrong" in this specific instance to limit the topic to one narrow topic which is related to speaker's gender without letting the speaker to speak on more broad issues in which she's actually more knowledgeable and interested. "Wrong" meaning that if I visited a conference I'd wish the organizers didn't do it. Of course, it's their conference and they can make all the speeches be on any narrow topic they want, regardless of how displeasing it to me - I just say it would be better if they did not limit their horizons this way.