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Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 16:44:08 -0400
Subject: Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop
From: Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com>
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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.