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Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech (www.wired.com)
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The Grace Hopper Celebration is meant to unite women in tech. This year droves of men came looking for jobs.

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[–] 18 points 3 years ago (14 children)

Federal anti-discrimination laws disallow this. It has nothing to do with the "definition of women".

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  • [+] -11 points 3 years ago (13 children)

    which law prevents a private female only conference from happening? As far as I know, there are no such laws.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (12 children)

    Read The Fucking Article, that's the exact reason they allowed men at the conference in question: federal nondiscrimination laws

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  • [–] -4 points 3 years ago (11 children)

    I'm saying I don't buy that reason. There are no laws (afaik) that prevent exactly what I described. Federal discrimination laws typically refer to employment or public places, not private events.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (10 children)

    This is an employment related event. Anti discrimination laws apply to applicants.

    If it was just a networking event, no problem, ban men

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (9 children)

    I don't believe there are any laws that make that illegal. There are plenty of black only recruiting events, there was one at my college. If you can find me a law that says this is illegal I will bite my tongue, but from what I can tell it applies to employers, not anything close to recruiting events.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    I swear to fucking christ

    Are you a lawyer? Because the legal team of this event made this decision

    I'm not citing case law to you just because you think you know better than a team of actual lawyers. Jesus.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    chill... just discussing how i feel about a topic on a discussion forum. not that serious, you're under no obligation to reply.

    This statement didn't come from lawyers btw. I suggest you look into non discrimination laws and youll see why i feel the way i do.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (6 children)

    good lord, relax. he's obviously saying he thinks they should be permitted to have women only events.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

    Sure. I agree. But they can't have women only hiring fairs. It's the law. They could be sued.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    we heard you the first 12 times, dude.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    Clearly not understanding though

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    we understand. the point is that it's shitty that it's illegal. it shouldn't be illegal to have a women only event.

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