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A woman's opinion on dick jokes at conferences
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[redacted] is real good at making me angry. | |
the argumentation lacks any show of willingness to try to empathize | |
with those that whole differing view points, or who may be impacted | |
negatively by the behavior in question. | |
Why is he defending dick jokes, moreover, why is he defending people | |
that make dick jokes; why does he make dick jokes. I feel like, by | |
asking those three questions, I am currently at a more powerful point | |
for real understanding than he is, because he is | |
defending/asking/responding from a place of feeling like he already | |
knows all that he has to know about the issue. | |
Is he _honestly_ asking why dick jokes at a professional conference | |
for a profession dominated by men may be (ARE) alienating, | |
marginalizing, and oppressive? | |
Or is asking why dick jokes may be (again, ARE) alienating, | |
marginalizing, and oppressive? | |
Snide condescending asshattery which is AS alienating if not more so | |
than the act of making dick jokes at a conference. and I'm not even | |
there. |
Thanks @jdudek. I was planning on sending a link to this to the organizers after some people had commented.
It was really drawn into sharp contrast because of the RailsGirls talk, too...
Other than this one aspect, I had a really good time at the conf. I'm just really concerned that this kind of thing is what's keeping women out.
Other than this one aspect, I had a really good time at the conf.
Same for me, btw! What I told @mlomnicki on Monday morning is what I still feel (that it was a great conf!).
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Thanks for pointing that out. We organizers really hear your feedback. I personally hope next time more care will be taken to avoid such jokes during the talks.
I did not like this one particular talk on Sunday either, not only because of some jokes, but also because speaker spent 5 minutes talking about himself. I also hear a lot of complains about technical level of this talk.