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If women only conferences are good at helping women network and communicate safely, I really think we could apply the same argument to men, do we just disregard
by ps4fanboy 12y ago
If women only conferences are good at helping women network and communicate safely, I really think we could apply the same argument to men, do we just disregard men who are to afraid or feel uncomfortable around women because we already have too many successful men who dont suffer from this problem?
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- ps4fanboy 12y agoWhile I understand what you are saying, it isnt a fair assertion as some men are very much on fire not every male has the same perceived privileges afforded to the "straight white male" stereo type.
- michaelchisari 12y agoMaybe, but not because they're men. I'd love to see more people from blue collar backgrounds in tech, since I think we have much more in common with carpentry than we'd like to admit. Men fit within that venn diagram of exclusion. But not because they're men.
- rayiner 12y agoWe have a winner.
- ps4fanboy 12y agoI think people are getting confused about whats being spoken about here, this isnt a discussion about women being in tech this is about women being founders in tech. Being a founder is a very small % of the total people working in tech, what I am saying is there are plenty of people from both genders that could benefit from same sex networking functions, I am not arguing against the female targeted events.
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- ps4fanboy 12y agoEquating the imbalance of gender ratios to the endangered species list of animals is disingenuous.
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- ChrisNorstrom 12y agoMale entrepreneurs have much higher rates of suicide and have their own emotional problems in the startup world. A Men only conference dealing with emotions would be great.
- ps4fanboy 12y agoI never thought about it from this point of view this is a serious problem that gets very little attention.
- purerandomness 12y agoMales generally have a higher risk of suicide. Where I live, that's a generally well-known fact, and is being addressed in various campaigns and programs. It has nothing to do with entrepreneurship per se.
- imanaccount247 12y agoI am not a burning building. That is exactly the sort of patronizing garbage that creates problems.
- smtddr 12y agoOkay, so I deleted all my comments on this thread because I just gave up... but I'm going to repost the comic strip due to your reply and for context of what I'm going to say next: http://i.imgur.com/bTOhZzL.png http://i.imgur.com/bTOhZzL.png Now, this comic strip was made for the black people who have recently lost their lives to law enforcement. This comic strip is a metaphor and I, as a black man, am not sitting here being offended that my __LIFE__ was compared to a burning house. I get the __POINT__ that the comic strip artist is making by using something else that everyone understands and are neutral about; like a house. Because anytime you try to use gender/race/religion in an example, discussion gets difficult. I do not see it as "patronizing garbage" at all and it was drawn specifically for people of my ethnicity. I'm the house and the fire is suppose to represent my __DEATH__. I now fully regret getting involved in these comments.
- kaitai 12y agoI'm sorry you regret it. For once, I appreciated reading to the end of an HN comment thread. The comic you posted is a useful illustration.
- imanaccount247 12y agoI am not offended due to being compared to a burning house. I am offended because I understand the comic, and it is patronizing garbage. Men suggesting that as a woman my life requires saving via sexism is what is insulting. I'm the house and the fire is supposed to represent the horrors of being in the same room as the opposite sex. You seriously can't see why I would find that patronizing and insulting? My life is not at risk going to a tech conference.
- smtddr 12y agoI see we're not going to agree on this. My final comment/footnote for posterity: For me, the fire is my death. For the context of the discussion, the fire is sexism in tech. That's the point & context of why I used it in the reply to ps4fanboy.