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

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I like how this comment section highlights why a job fair specifically not for cis men is needed lol

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Itā€™s so fucking cringe. I work in tech, I see how weirdly women get treated and I see their unusually high turnover rate. Early on I was told ā€œwomen donā€™t last long hereā€ and it was very true, that woman in particular quit to do freelance work (good for her). Why canā€™t women have a job fair? Men donā€™t fucking need one, NEARLY ALL of the other tech job fairs are dominated by men.

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Iā€™m really being sincere, but why would men magically not need a job fair? They can also be unemployed and struggle to get a job. Thatā€™s not a 2x specific issue.

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I guess Iā€™ll just copy and paste from my previous comment:

NEARLY ALL of the other tech job fairs are dominated by men.

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Because men dominate the tech industry. It just doesnā€™t make sense to hold one for men.

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Whatā€™s worse is when you see workplaces that want more women for only the idea it will ā€˜bring up the standardā€™ likeā€¦.I think thereā€™s something telling about the culture alone if they need a specific gender to help understand better standards of working. I would hope they are hiring inclusively for more reasons than just ā€˜our standards are low cuz the men here are poo and we wonā€™t confront them on it. We will leave it to women to mommy manage it for us. Know any women looking for a job?ā€™

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Why canā€™t women have a job fair?

Laws.

I agree with you, itā€™s just not the way the laws were written.

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Yeah but been could be mature enough to stay away from it. Instead they act like theyā€™re being oppressed. All the other job fairs are already dominated by men.

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If woman want a job fair they should create one that actually only allows women, but given no one seems to have a definition for women, it might be hard to do.

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Way to be exactly the type of person they are referring to.

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Federal anti-discrimination laws disallow this. It has nothing to do with the ā€œdefinition of womenā€.

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some of the comments here are downright scary. women canā€™t have a single thing, it seems.

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And article makes it clear what is to blame

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.

lol

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Yeah, this sucks. It doesnā€™t surprise me, but it sucks. So many manchildren out there who only think about themselves.

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Yeah if thereā€™s ever a sign that a group doesnā€™t need representation is when they brigade someone who does.

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No it does not. The problem was with men that lied about their gender.

Cullen White, AnitaB.orgā€™s chief impact officer, said in a video posted to X, formerly Twitter, that some registrants had lied about their gender identity when signing up, and men were now taking up space and time with recruiters that should go to women.

edit: the deleted comment stated that the article claimed they had problems with amab enbies

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