The Grace Hopper Celebration is meant to unite women in tech. This year droves of men came looking for jobs.

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    1 year ago

    Inequality of outcome is proof of inequality of opportunities 99.9% of the time. IME people playing up the distinction are simply looking for any excuse to pretend inequality isn’t a problem.

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      1 year ago

      I’m trying to understand the requirements of the parent comment.

      I’m not trying to be disingenuous.

      Equality means a lot of things to a lot of people. Equality of outcome, and equality of opportunities are very distinct, and nuanced, and well-defined things.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equality_of_outcome

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      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_opportunity

      Trying to understand what equal footing means, is helpful for me to understand the parent posters position. I don’t want to be stuck in ambiguity, when I’m genuinely trying to understand people.