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A conference where the speakers are all women?

Notes on an idea.

  1. So - I was working on organizing a conference - a part of a series - and I was frustrated that prior conferences in the series had only or mostly male speakers.  So I suggested for the new conference in the series we have only female speakers.  Still working on pulling that off but probably won't quite happen.  So then I posted to twitter and Google+ the idea - and asked a question about it:
  2. phylogenomics
    I want to organize a science conference where the only speakers are women - is this reverse discrimination?
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  3. And this stimulated a lot of conversation - below is the twitter stream. 
  4. nutrigenomics
    Great idea RT @phylogenomics: I want to organize a science conference where the only speakers are women - is this reverse discrimination?
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  5. lukedones
    @phylogenomics I just hope you don't get sued like Jimmy Fallon. http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/01/26/jimmy-fallon-gender-bias-lawsuit/
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  6. mrgunn
    @phylogenomics If you're interested in doing it just as an experiment, I don't see how it could be discriminatory.
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  10. mrgunn
    @phylogenomics It's an interesting idea. Seems like the science might get overshadowed a bit if you weren't careful.
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  11. mikesgene
    Hey @jgombita : RT @phylogenomics I want to organize a science conference where the only speakers are women-is this reverse discrimination?
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  13. jgombita
    RT @mikesgene: Hey @jgombita : RT @phylogenomics I want to organize a science conference where the only speakers are women-is this reverse discrimination?
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  14. bjkingape
    .@phylogenomics Yrs ago, anthropologist Adrienne Zihlman organized a woman-only science conference. Uproar! Think it made pages of SCIENCE.
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  15. raquella11
    @phylogenomics is this in part prompted by the recent similar discussion on the medical librarians listserv?
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  16. dr_paul_woods
    @phylogenomics Yes! If you're selecting speakers based on their gender, then it's sexism, pure and simple.
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