The Grace Hopper Celebration is meant to unite women in tech. This year droves of men came looking for jobs.

  • @UnculturedSwine
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    181 year ago

    Federal anti-discrimination laws disallow this. It has nothing to do with the “definition of women”.

    • @cricket97
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      -111 year ago

      which law prevents a private female only conference from happening? As far as I know, there are no such laws.

      • @Cryophilia
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        101 year ago

        Read The Fucking Article, that’s the exact reason they allowed men at the conference in question: federal nondiscrimination laws

        • @cricket97
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          -41 year ago

          I’m saying I don’t buy that reason. There are no laws (afaik) that prevent exactly what I described. Federal discrimination laws typically refer to employment or public places, not private events.

          • @Cryophilia
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            41 year ago

            This is an employment related event. Anti discrimination laws apply to applicants.

            If it was just a networking event, no problem, ban men

            • @cricket97
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              11 year ago

              I don’t believe there are any laws that make that illegal. There are plenty of black only recruiting events, there was one at my college. If you can find me a law that says this is illegal I will bite my tongue, but from what I can tell it applies to employers, not anything close to recruiting events.

              • @Cryophilia
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                01 year ago

                I swear to fucking christ

                Are you a lawyer? Because the legal team of this event made this decision

                I’m not citing case law to you just because you think you know better than a team of actual lawyers. Jesus.

                • @cricket97
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                  1 year ago

                  chill… just discussing how i feel about a topic on a discussion forum. not that serious, you’re under no obligation to reply.

                  This statement didn’t come from lawyers btw. I suggest you look into non discrimination laws and youll see why i feel the way i do.

                • Nima
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                  11 year ago

                  good lord, relax. he’s obviously saying he thinks they should be permitted to have women only events.

                  • @Cryophilia
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                    11 year ago

                    Sure. I agree. But they can’t have women only hiring fairs. It’s the law. They could be sued.