It also mentioned how some were lying about their identity, but I’m not sure how they figured that out
Comment on Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech
LinuxSBC@lemm.ee 11 months agoIncluding non-binary people was not the problem. Relevant quote:
“AnitaB.org, the nonprofit that runs the conference, said there was “an increase in participation of self-identifying males” at this year’s event. The nonprofit says it believes allyship from men is important and noted it cannot ban men from attending due to federal nondiscrimination protections in the US.”
They identified as male, not non-binary, and the event allowed men to come.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Otome-chan@kbin.social 11 months ago
So they identified as men, and the event allowed the men to come? Then I'm failing to see what the issue is?
jet@hackertalks.com 11 months ago
The problem is, the event’s not allowed to discriminate officially. The article is about lamenting the ability to discriminate
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I’m sure so many people right now have that shit eating grin, especially after reading
Fedizen@lemmy.world 11 months ago
the article quotes a bunch of people frustrated at pushing, shoving, line cutting etc at the job fair portion that weren’t visiting - basically people who didn’t want to listen to the speeches but wanted to throw out resumes, fuck everyone else.
IMO they could solve the problem with a stamp system for people who sat through a presentation but its kind of shitty to have to do that.