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I sense some antagonism on your part against Women In Tech groups. Here's a piece about how they are actually useful http://geekfeminism.org/2014/03/04/in-defen
by rockmeamedee 12y ago
I sense some antagonism on your part against Women In Tech groups.
Here's a piece about how they are actually useful http://geekfeminism.org/2014/03/04/in-defense-of-women-in-tech-wit-groups/ http://geekfeminism.org/2014/03/04/in-defense-of-women-in-te...
(Also all of those things would work, if men were negatively affected by our current patriarchy in the same way as women are in tech, which they aren't.)
- justincormack 12y agoHey, it was surely intended as a brilliant satire on the tech industry...
- _delirium 12y agoFwiw there are some groups like that for men in industries where there's historical stigma against male participation, like nursing: http://www.aamn.org/ http://www.aamn.org/. Doesn't even seem particularly controversial; the AAMN doesn't generate nearly the level of anger that women-in-tech groups do.
- seabee 12y agoThere's no controversy because these goals are always seen through the lens of society as a whole. Groups like the AAMN helps people who are generally privileged achieve parity in an area where they are currently stigmatised. They don't do anything that looks like it erodes male privilege, so there is no reason for them to attract any ire.
- jquery 12y agoAnd because the AAMN doesn't consist of a bunch of bloggers and click-bait artists attacking female nurses with a bunch of rude stereotypes.