Gender-From-Iris or Gender-From-Mascara? — mentioned by nl

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 00:00:50 GMT

I find it surprising that people here are defending an all-male speaker line up at a conference as being ok because "it's just about tech". It's become increasingly clear that no, tech is not just about tech. Tech has a huge impact on society and if your tech conference only has male speakers you aren't trying hard enough to make your conference reflect this. Further, if your tech group isn't actively working to bring people from other backgrounds into it then it becomes an echo chamber. Echo chambers are the worst, because people don't realise that's what they are in. This isn't some random…

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Gender-From-Iris or Gender-From-Mascara? — mentioned by tyingq

Mon, 16 Oct 2017 19:33:23 GMT

The big takeway for me is that even if untrue, similar situations are true. Like this one from the article: "Gender-From-Iris or Gender-From-Mascara?" https://arxiv.org/pdf/1702.01304.pdf

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Gender-From-Iris or Gender-From-Mascara? — mentioned by nl

Gender-From-Iris or Gender-From-Mascara? — mentioned by tyingq