How to Get More Women in Tech in Under a Minute, Caroline Drucker

Caroline Drucker presents How to Get More Women in Tech in Under a Minute at Ignite NYC

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[Christie Koehler]

Aside from a problematic definition of 'woman' (not all woman menstruate), this is a good talk on why not to use 'girl' to refer to an adult women, particularly those who work in technology. Thank you for addressing this pet peeve of mine!

[carolinesound]

Hi Christie - thanks so much for your feedback. I understand your concerns about my "definition" of women. It was by no means meant to be exclusionary or a philosophical definition of womanhood, rather a lighthearted attempt to broadly describe physical and societal maturity. A bigger point was "You define the woman that you are." I hope anyone who may have felt slighted sees that as a more important takeaway than whether tampons are necessary or not.

[Trixtah .]

Wow, what if you're a woman who doesn't menstruate, for whatever reason? Do you not count? I'm afraid I stopped watching at this point. And I don't really agree that a simple label change will undo all the embedded sexism in STEM occupations (worthy to gain us more respect, sure).

[IRONnTiTAN]

Political correctness nonsense... How about if you want respect prove you deserve it by being good at your job and showing you are responsible. I see plenty of women who are are girls cause despite having a job, money & menstrual flow they can't manage their life, feelings, or finances. Tell you what, you want my respect, bring a meaningful contribution to the team and don't have credit card debt as a result of your inability to control your spending on frivolous crap (esp.. "girly" crap).

[radiodurans]

How about just call them by their names?

[Helena M. Hyde]

why would a geeky woman go into techs if they can go straight into politics and take the whole control. Angela Merkel has a phd in Physics and as German Chancellor dont even pay taxes!

[blanco420]

"How to Get More Women in Tech in Under a Minute" - 5 minute video, HUH!?

[Irina Enders]

you can call yourself a donkey if you are good at what you do.

[sissipwns]

i am a female person in tech an this talk is just feminist bullshit. the problem why girls are not keen on tech is not about semantics, "girl", "woman", who cares. i am 31 and i happily call myself a girl and you can call me a girl too. if you want to be good in tech you need a passion for problem solving and then it's just a matter of sitting down and doing it. no matter if you are a girl, boy, man, woman, ginger, black...

[Gaz Davidson]

The reality is that most women don't find geeky things interesting. and I'd say it's most likely biological. Males have less chance of reproducing, live shorter lives, are more likely to be stupid or smart and take more risks than females. Being prone to take a geeky obsession over something is nature's way of taking a risk, it's only been a useful part of society for a few tens of thousands of years.

[bougie1980]

Hi there - FYI - I used to be product manager for our web app, iOS and Android apps.

[JXSmith84]

Not sure what you're getting at. Are you saying it's the fault of men that women do some things poorly because men expect them to do it poorly? If everyone told me I was bad with numbers, car maintenance, or shaved my legs etc. I would simply prove them wrong. A woman can study and become a brilliant engineer "in defiance of men" if she wants to, but too few even bother to try. Either the male dominated structures are just stating the truth, or women need to prove them wrong.