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Re: 'Geek' image scares women away from tech industry ? The Register

2012-04-30 03:45:52
Not quite true -- I participated at this venue btw -- though the comment was
sourced from Nelli Kroes AFAIK

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On 4/30/12 1:39 AM, "Stephane Bortzmeyer" <bortzmeyer(_at_)nic(_dot_)fr> wrote:

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 09:35:03AM +0100,
 Brian E Carpenter <brian(_dot_)e(_dot_)carpenter(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote
 a message of 9 lines which said:

Since the topic was raised here:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/26/girls_in_ict_day/

So, IETF folklore never scares men? Good.

I also note that the "prominent women from the technology industry"
invited by the IUT were not technologists at all... The IUT apparently
sees women in technology only as lawyers or managers.