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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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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The nonprofit says it believes allyship from men is important and noted it cannot ban men from attending due to federal nondiscrimination protections in the US.

Well well well

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 years ago

Well you can't tell them they can't come. What would be better is to focus marketing on your demographic. They clearly missed the mark

[–] serial_crusher@lemmy.basedcount.com -1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Organizers expressed frustration. Past iterations of the conference have “always felt safe and loving and embracing,” said Bo Young Lee, president of advisory at AnitaB.org, in a LinkedIn post. “And this year, I must admit, I didn’t feel this way.”

“This group was really accepting until all these unacceptable people showed up”

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