[kaila]

I think their intention is good, and they deserve a little slack.

I totally get the whole "don't treat me any differently because I have a vagina" thing, but the conference organizers really do seem to have good intentions.

Yes, making the lanyard pink prompts a momentary mental picture of someone putting a pink lanyard over my head while babbling incoherent baby talk, but then I realize that maybe the person who decided on pink really just has that culturally ingrained boys = blue, girls = pink thing. Or maybe the person who picked the color is a woman who likes the color pink. Or maybe, there are so many other details to plan for the conference that picking the color of the discounted lanyard didn't get a whole lot of consideration.

Yes, someone should have told them we don't call women above a certain age "girls". They do say woman and women a couple times in the email, and I can see how maybe Woman Tickets or Lady Tickets or Gal Tickets just sound awkward compared to Girl Tickets. I don't get the sense they mean girl in a derogatory fashion at all.

Or, I could be totally wrong, and they could all be misogynist jerks.

And, to answer your question, the top three discounts/free money for women I can think of are: Bars and clubs Auto insurance Scholarships