[revetkn]

> I think the general assumption for women promoting these types of events is that while this statement may be true, it's not because of an inherent difference in women and men

I am not sure I agree with this either, but like in my parent post I don't have any real evidence - this is an exercise in handwaving :)

Kaitai's comments elsewhere on this page are how I think about it - what she says makes a lot of sense to me and is a great case for why these types of events should exist. Suppose I am in some sort of bucket that is underrepresented/discriminated against/etc. My thought process would be

* The problem I am facing is too big to be fixed in a reasonable amount of time/effort (e.g. years, maybe decades of social change) * There are no experts who have solved the problem so I cannot get advice from them * However, there are others like me who face the same problem and with whom I share common ground - maybe I can learn strategies from them and they can learn from me as well