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Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech (www.wired.com)
submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] JasSmith@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably the best solution is to just treat people the same regardless of gender so nobody has an incentive to lie.

I couldn't agree more.

[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is an excellent take! Especially considering everyone has historically been treated fairly and there's no reason to consider the compounding effects that would've likely occurred due to generations of white men getting preferential treatment

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Clearly the solution is to allow discrimination!

[–] JasSmith@kbin.social -4 points 1 year ago

As yes, the Ibram Kendi school of, “I NEED to be racist to correct historical racism. My racism is good though, promise.” All racists think their racism is justified. It’s not. You’re just racist :)