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by LadyMartel 4665 days ago
It's not that I necessarily disagree with the goal of attracting more female attendees, but as a girl (and maybe I'm just speaking for myself,) I don't feel like I would be "tipped over the edge" by a demeaning pink "Girl ticket."
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hartror 4665 days ago
I missed the pink lanyard bit. That does tip it into demeaning territory. Like girls/ladies/women need to be highlighted any more at a tech conference.
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Dewie 4665 days ago
The intent is so that men can't use the tickets. Sure, they could have used a different colour, but they needed to differentiate those tickets.
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seszett 4665 days ago
Because using a photo and name would have been too simple and trivial?

No need to talk about the max three people with epicene names and faces who maybe could have abused this, they don't matter.

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Dewie 4665 days ago
> Because using a photo and name would have been too simple and trivial?

Using a generic ticket for every woman is more simple than assigning a name to each ticket... so no.

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