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

  • @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.

            • Nima
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              11 year ago

              we heard you the first 12 times, dude.

              • @Cryophilia
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                11 year ago

                Clearly not understanding though

                • Nima
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                  11 year ago

                  we understand. the point is that it’s shitty that it’s illegal. it shouldn’t be illegal to have a women only event.

                  • @Cryophilia
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                    11 year ago

                    Oh, you do understand. Sorry, my bad. I totally agree.