[Yver]

There is something unsettling in men refusing to attend an event because not enough women wanted to be there. (only one woman applied) They asked the organizers to find more women for them.

"Bring me some women!" said the male speakers.

[shkkmo]

There is something heart warming about people making personal sacrifices to promote divirsity.

"Here, take back some of the money you were using to pay for our travel and use it to bring in some female speakers" said the male speakers.

[nf8nnfufuu]

Men paying for access to women. Not that unusual, I'd say.

[PunchTornado]

cancel the entire event and leave everyone with their plans in the air. tickets, hotels, trips, everything lost. that makes sense.

[shkkmo]

The organizers canceled the event. The presenters just canceled their talks.

[PunchTornado]

because you can have the event without the scheduled talks. of course the event was going to be cancelled if main speakers don't attend

[jasonlotito]

> There is something unsettling in men refusing to attend an event because not enough women wanted to be there

That's not why they aren't attending. They aren't attending because the conference wasn't willing to put in any effort to try.