Yes, it's become so hard to be a man at tech conferences. They're so filled with hate for men that one could describe it as misandry. Did the feminazis also steal your ice cream?
its not hard to be a man at a tech conference. it is, however, hard to a PERSON at a tech conference. its important to acknowledge the socially destructive chilling effect that all the recent controversies/scandals have caused.
This is the kind of idiocy that just brings everyone down. It would be a better world if we could all agree that this kind of nonsense was no longer acceptable.
I remember a time were comments like this would be voted down or ignored.
Minimizing the pain of others is never right. It is, in fact, one of the underlying problems here.
It's a tough edge to walk - the kerfuffle with brit ruby shows that people will look for reasons to target a con to push an agenda. Not to excuse any gender based discrimination, but I think it does put it in context.
Misandry isn't real
It's impossible for an organization or event to ever act in a way that disadvantages men?
I suppose that it's possible, but it never happens.