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Too few women, too many men

Too few women, too many men

Posted Aug 16, 2012 17:00 UTC (Thu) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Too few women, too many men by epa
Parent article: Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

What about spouses who are not interested in IT? What about gay people?


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Too few women, too many men

Posted Aug 16, 2012 20:42 UTC (Thu) by epa (subscriber, #39769) [Link]

It doesn't have to be your wife, just a female friend. Gay people (of either sex) have those too.

Too few women, too many men

Posted Aug 16, 2012 20:49 UTC (Thu) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784) [Link]

I have female friends. I have enough respect for them that if they wouldn't go to a given technical conference on the basis of its direct interest to them, I wouldn't ask them to be my admission pass.

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