▲ 385 ▼ Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech (www.wired.com) submitted 3 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 457 comments fedilink hide all child comments The Grace Hopper Celebration is meant to unite women in tech. This year droves of men came looking for jobs.
[+] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 6 points 3 years ago After thinking about it that's exactly what they're doing. They sold tickets at $700 each to loads of men. So loads of men turned up. What did they expect to happen. They knew in advance how many tickets they'd sold and to who.. and nobody raised any flags. A few % lying about gender (if they did, gender is complex) wouldn't tip the scales that much. permalink fedilink source parent [–] S_204@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago That's the motto of the WNBA.... SOMEONE, needs to pay for this, but it's not the responsibility of women to support women's sports ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 6 points 3 years ago After thinking about it that's exactly what they're doing. They sold tickets at $700 each to loads of men. So loads of men turned up. What did they expect to happen. They knew in advance how many tickets they'd sold and to who.. and nobody raised any flags. A few % lying about gender (if they did, gender is complex) wouldn't tip the scales that much. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] S_204@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago That's the motto of the WNBA.... SOMEONE, needs to pay for this, but it's not the responsibility of women to support women's sports ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ permalink fedilink source parent