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Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop

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Date 2015-04-17 16:44 -0400
Subject Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop
From Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.379.1429303772.12925.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 4:31 PM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
> beliavsky@aol.com:
>
>> If your target audience is women, I think you should have termed it
>> the Django Womens Workshop rather than the Django Girls Workshop.
>> Referring to adults as children can be seen as condescending.
>
> You got it wrong. The name is not offensive.

Most adult woman I know take offense at being called a girl.

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EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop "M.-A. Lemburg" <mal@europython.eu> - 2015-04-17 19:25 +0200
  Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop beliavsky@aol.com - 2015-04-17 12:35 -0700
    Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-04-17 23:31 +0300
      Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> - 2015-04-17 16:44 -0400
        Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-04-19 13:35 +1000
          Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-04-18 20:53 -0700
      Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-04-18 08:04 +1000
      Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-04-17 19:29 -0400
      Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-04-17 18:14 -0600
      Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop catperson <me@anonymous.invalid> - 2015-04-17 19:17 -0700
    Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-04-17 22:14 +0100

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