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

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

  • agent_flounder@lemmy.oneEnglish
    99·
    1 year ago

    If gender is whatever an individual feels like, then this event was just thousands of women and non-binary folks,

    The event could be “thousands of women and non-binary folks”. Did all these male-presenting people identify as women or non-binary just to be able to attend this event?

    What do you think identity politics is, exactly? Just a way to make changes you don’t like to make you unhappy? It couldn’t possibly be about people trying to make social changes so they’re not constantly treated like shit. Oh no. The horror.

    • jimbo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      To the casual observer, identity politics seems to be a bunch of people competing to see who can put the most minority group names and acronyms in their social media profiles.

    • JasSmith@kbin.social
      76·
      1 year ago

      The event could be “thousands of women and non-binary folks”. Did all these male-presenting people identify as women or non-binary just to be able to attend this event?

      According to their Chief Impact Officer, yes. Apparently they “lied about their gender identity when signing up.”

      What do you think identity politics is, exactly?

      Performative politics centred around identity. White is perfectly happy to pretend that men can be women - until it impacts him.