[RyanZAG]

This discussion will go off the rails like always, but I just want to point out that not all women (girls?) are the same. Many women will take this positively and attend because this would make them feel welcome, while many others would be put off by this. Simply being female does not give you the ultimate say on whether this is fine or not. You are not some spokeswoman for your entire gender.

I'd judge this as a success or not based on how many of these tickets are used, which will be found out after the conference. Hopefully they do a post on the statistics at the end so we can make proper conclusions.

[lucisferre]

Well then let me (as a man though) cast my vote on this not being so fine (judging by other posts I'm not alone). I'm not calling outright sexism on it, but it was misguided at best.

By the way, conjuring up imaginary "other women" to argue against the author just doesn't come across well to me. You want to argue the point just do it.

[weego]

I love this line of thinking.

"As a random person with no stake at all in this yet a strong opinion on it, I can tell you that if your opinion is the opposite of mine then it doesn't matter even if this issue directly affects you".

That's the kind of lazy, passive-agressive, statement that has no place in proper discussion.

[fletchowns]

Is this supposed to be some sort of meta comment where you are describing your own reply?