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		orangecat on Dec 3, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The dark side of open source conferences [about wo... And this is where harder-core feminism can devolve into "everything men do is wrong". Notice that a woman is a woman and you're patronizing/harassing/"othering". Treat her as one of the guys and you're being deliberately exclusive and maintaining a boys club.

follower on Dec 4, 2010 [–]

What you present is a false dichotomy.

Have you considered treating people as people?

See someone (whatever the gender) at a tech conference? Talk to them about tech. Simple.

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