Discussion on All-Girl events

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Originally Posted by EricH

STOP RIGHT THERE.

You just implied, very directly, that they DID NOT want her around. Patterns of that nature are what HR departments dread, as they mean discrimination training, possibly harassment training, and/or investigations.

Why? Do I need to say it again? Discrimination based on a long list of characteristics (of which gender is one, in just about every list I've seen) is not legal. So if a bunch of men are deliberately excluding a woman, then that can fit the legal definition of discrimination. And if you're a company, the LAST thing you want is somebody bringing that kind of lawsuit, because it doesn't matter if you win or lose, you've got at least one black eye.


Now, if you want to explain everything by biology, you want to explain why I, a male, am arguing on the women's side? (Trust me, you don't want to go that route. You aren't me, so you don't know what I'm thinking or why I'm doing this.)

Wow, this thing is off the rails. Lots of people off the deep end from both sides. Everybody take a calm breath and repeat after me:

-Talent can be found where you least expect it. Try to give people a fair shake.

-People can be rude or mean for a myriad of reasons. A person being a part of a protected group is not the only one.