stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Feminism@beehaw.org · 1 year agoMen Overran a Job Fair for Women in Techwww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: feminism@kbin.socialnews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-linkMen Overran a Job Fair for Women in Techwww.wired.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Feminism@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: feminism@kbin.socialnews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
The Grace Hopper Celebration is meant to unite women in tech. This year droves of men came looking for jobs.
minus-squareOtome-chan@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year ago>Promotes self id for nonbinary >Event is for nonbinary people >Get upset when people identify as nonbinary and attend the event I’m not sure I’m seeing why people are upset?
minus-squaresuperflippy@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoPeople are upset because a lot of masc-presenting people crowded the job fair, cut in line, and shoved people out of the way. Others who were attending expected the conference to be a place safe from that sort of aggression & it wasn’t.
minus-squareMia@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThe people attending where mostly just cis men not non binary. I don’t know how you get the idea that suddenly lots of people start identifying as non binary when the event is open for men.
>Promotes self id for nonbinary
>Event is for nonbinary people
>Get upset when people identify as nonbinary and attend the event
I’m not sure I’m seeing why people are upset?
People are upset because a lot of masc-presenting people crowded the job fair, cut in line, and shoved people out of the way. Others who were attending expected the conference to be a place safe from that sort of aggression & it wasn’t.
The people attending where mostly just cis men not non binary.
I don’t know how you get the idea that suddenly lots of people start identifying as non binary when the event is open for men.