Comments on: Gender diversity idiocy in web design http://www.the-haystack.com/2007/02/26/gender-diversity-idiocy/ Web, design, and web design Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:26:38 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kris http://www.the-haystack.com/2007/02/26/gender-diversity-idiocy/comment-page-1/#comment-2965 Kris Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:08:09 +0000 http://www.the-haystack.com/2007/02/26/gender-diversity-idiocy/#comment-2965 <blockquote>Where are all the half Puerto Rican, curly-haired American expatriate male speakers without trendy facial hair?</blockquote> LOL! And a great article. I noticed all the posts about this topic in my RSS list today and I hated every one of them, except yours, because I agree with you on this one.

Where are all the half Puerto Rican, curly-haired American expatriate male speakers without trendy facial hair?

LOL! And a great article. I noticed all the posts about this topic in my RSS list today and I hated every one of them, except yours, because I agree with you on this one.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.the-haystack.com/2007/02/26/gender-diversity-idiocy/comment-page-1/#comment-2953 Stephen Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:49:41 +0000 http://www.the-haystack.com/2007/02/26/gender-diversity-idiocy/#comment-2953 Touché, Anil. I'm certainly intimidated; yours is quite a list, and I'd be honored to be in that company. Or yours, for that matter, even though you're a man ;-) You did, however, specifically try to come up a list of female speakers. Eric doesn't do that with male speakers. And that's my point. But I'll give you this: If I can't speak at your event, I'll definitely buy tickets; I'm not missing that one. Touché, Anil. I’m certainly intimidated; yours is quite a list, and I’d be honored to be in that company. Or yours, for that matter, even though you’re a man ;-)

You did, however, specifically try to come up a list of female speakers. Eric doesn’t do that with male speakers. And that’s my point.

But I’ll give you this: If I can’t speak at your event, I’ll definitely buy tickets; I’m not missing that one.

]]> By: Anil Dash http://www.the-haystack.com/2007/02/26/gender-diversity-idiocy/comment-page-1/#comment-2952 Anil Dash Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:59:57 +0000 http://www.the-haystack.com/2007/02/26/gender-diversity-idiocy/#comment-2952 "Anil posts about an imaginary conference in which discrimination against male speakers is apparently tolerated and encouraged" Nope, I picked speakers on merit, and it just worked out that way -- there's no barrier to men being at the imaginary show. Are conference organizers actually discriminating against men here? I just don’t believe that’s the issue. Maybe guys just weren't interested in being at my event because they were intimidated. “Anil posts about an imaginary conference in which discrimination against male speakers is apparently tolerated and encouraged”

Nope, I picked speakers on merit, and it just worked out that way — there’s no barrier to men being at the imaginary show. Are conference organizers actually discriminating against men here? I just don’t believe that’s the issue.

Maybe guys just weren’t interested in being at my event because they were intimidated.

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