/2009/04/gender-and-sex-at-gogaruco/ Sarah Allen's reflections on internet software and other topics Sat, 12 Oct 2013 20:58:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.1 /2009/04/gender-and-sex-at-gogaruco/#comment-1235 Sat, 12 Oct 2013 20:58:49 +0000 /?p=1154#comment-1235 […] and sometimes weak or just plain tired. Other times, I hope more frequently, I speak up. I rarely call people out publicly. I think it is important to focus on the inappropriate behavior, rather than vilify the person. […]

]]> /2009/04/gender-and-sex-at-gogaruco/#comment-472 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:03:48 +0000 /?p=1154#comment-472 […] know, I know. This is not a DongleGate, nor is it a “Perform Like a Pr0n Star”. This was a minor hiccup at an otherwise great conference. But since we already have so few women […]

]]> /2009/04/gender-and-sex-at-gogaruco/#comment-470 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:34:28 +0000 /?p=1154#comment-470 […] gender and sex at gogaruco […]

]]> /2009/04/gender-and-sex-at-gogaruco/#comment-468 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:21:14 +0000 /?p=1154#comment-468 […] …and ad nauseam in supposedly-professional talks and presentations at conferences… […]

]]> /2009/04/gender-and-sex-at-gogaruco/#comment-467 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:33:08 +0000 /?p=1154#comment-467 […] live in an age where we should be above this kind of crap.  Unfortunately, between the above and postings like this from a Rails conference a couple of years ago I guess we still have a long way to go. This entry was posted in conference, gender by frauen1. […]

]]> /2009/04/gender-and-sex-at-gogaruco/#comment-466 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:01:35 +0000 /?p=1154#comment-466 […] >Gender & Sex at GoGaRuCo > women speakers at conferences > Wayne Sutton on diversity at BlogWorld Share and Enjoy: […]

]]> /2009/04/gender-and-sex-at-gogaruco/#comment-465 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:11:35 +0000 /?p=1154#comment-465 […] ladies respond …http://www.sarahmei.com/blog/?p=46 (contains slides and DHH’s comments)/sarahblog/2009/04/gender-and-sex-at-gogaruco/ (read the comments – she has some good stuff to say about women adopting […]

]]> /2009/04/gender-and-sex-at-gogaruco/#comment-464 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:24:44 +0000 /?p=1154#comment-464 […] gave a talk on “CouchDB + Ruby: Perform Like a Pr0n Star”. There’s more about it here and some perspectives from women […]

]]> /2009/04/gender-and-sex-at-gogaruco/#comment-463 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:59:55 +0000 /?p=1154#comment-463 […] Sarah Allen blogged about the session. If he had left it at a few introductory jokes, I would be writing a very different post. Instead the porn references continued with images of scantily-clad women gratuitously splashed across technical diagrams and intro slides. As he got into code snippets, he inserted interstitial images every few slides (removed from the slides below). The first time it happened, he mentioned that he wanted to keep everyone’s attention. It had the reverse effect. This technique was distracting and disrespectful to an audience who, frankly, is turned on by code. This crowd had just watch hour upon hour of code slide shows and live irb sessions, often on the edge of their seats as they absorbed the latest whiz-bang plugin or coding technique from one of the masters. […]

]]> /2009/04/gender-and-sex-at-gogaruco/#comment-462 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:33:49 +0000 /?p=1154#comment-462 […] a very good job at embracing gender diversity. As exemplified by presenations at the Flashbelt and Golden Gate Ruby Conference, women in technology are frequently put into offensive and objectifying positions. This is […]

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