[_trackno5]

Is the conference explicitly only for women?

I thought it was something that focused on women in tech but men were allowed to join.

If the organizers don’t want men attending it they should verify peoples sex before handing out tickets.

Personally I don’t see the point of segregation. It’s not like shunning men will make women’s lives any better. Your best bet to improve things is to make the one side understand the other. You do that by socializing them.

Another thing this event shows is that men tend to be more competitive and will be more aggressive towards their goals. Like it or not companies reward that behavior

[skulk]

> Personally I don’t see the point of segregation. It’s not like shunning men will make women’s lives any better. Your best bet to improve things is to make the one side understand the other. You do that by socializing them.

Sorry, but this reads as pretty disconnected from reality. On the surface what you're saying sounds nice and feels like it should be true, but it's not quite that way in reality.

I recently got out of school (well, 3 years ago), and I can say with absolute certainty that women need a safe space in their early career that is free of men. The behavior of sexually frustrated men towards women in CS can be vomit-inducing (just ask ANY female CS student). There is a time and place for socialization. If you integrate every career space, watch the numbers of women in CS drop precipitously.