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"Educate women and girls to create the next wave of skilled female technologists." A gender imbalance cannot be solved by another gender imbalance. In my home
by paulhauggis 11y ago
"Educate women and girls to create the next wave of skilled female technologists."
A gender imbalance cannot be solved by another gender imbalance.
In my home town there is a startup incubator that took pride in the fact that they were trying to solve the "gender imbalance". This was done by putting pressure on all of the males that were there and making them feel uncomfortable through policies..and many of them quit. On top of this, female founders were charged less money, which is clear discrimination.
Fast forward 2 years and there are no more males using the space.
They still continue to talk about how much they support "diversity". Diversity isn't supporting one gender over another (in fact, it's the exact opposite). It's supporting both genders equally, but it seems like the trend now when talking about "diversity" or "equality" is to give special treatment to one race, gender, or sexual orientation, which is just, plain, wrong.
- touristtam 11y agoI do agree on your point. Positive discrimination is not the solution. However I find interesting the description of the social community setting they are envisioning, that's why I share the page in the first place. :)
- paulhauggis 11y agoThis may be the case, but they don't accept males. It's in the FAQ, which I find unsettling. This is not acceptable in almost any other setting, but I don't see any outrage.