@aral oh, wait, re-reading that you're saying those calling for there to be a minimum of X of minority Y at a conference are wrong; right?
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@miksago I’m saying that calling out a display of male privilege (what I did with my tweet) does not mean I advocate quotas (min X of Y) -
@aral ah, okay. What I've been trying to get at is just because something appears to be male privilege, doesn't mean it actually was. -
@miksago The male privilege bit is the ‘I’m happy with our process’/‘don’t feel the need to defend it’ attitude/statements. -
@aral when I first saw the tweets about it, it looked as though people were attack the conference for not having any female speakers; (cont)
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@aral Mainly, how far we have to go for people to understand the various nuances of these issues. Raising understanding positively is key. -
@KuraFire Exactly. The biggest roadblock I see is an unwillingness to examine the issue; the ‘I’m happy with it’ attitude. -
@aral And the confusion surrounding “best speaker/candidate is all that matters!” being a huge fallacy. As if ours is a level playing field. -
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@aral Yeah, I’ve seen entire articles written based on that belief. *cough*
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@aral Local network effect: 100% real when we're designing social media products, completely imaginary when we're defending a speaker lineupThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral What really disappoints me is how IT has become such a Male preserve, When I began working in IT in the 1970s it was 50/50.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral my company has zero catholics, zero protestants, one muslim, and atheists - we must fuck up their database good :)#DoesNotComputeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral we have government imposed quotas here in NI for employees - based on religion. Equality has a lonnnnng way to go!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral is that, at all pointing a finger at what I have said? (that is, I'm not entirely sure what you're saying there)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral I cannot see the day when instead of "male/female" my dropdown has "human/whatever"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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