<div dir="ltr">On 16 July 2013 08:27, Richard Green <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richard@evvnt.com" target="_blank">richard@evvnt.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<u></u><div>Ali - option 1 all the way.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>I'm not going to get into what you meant here, since I've no way of knowing. I can only speak to how you've presented yourself, so just take this as a writing tip:</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>The reason this comes off so badly is that you've put 'female devs' in a list of what are essentially job perks and means of compensation, which presents them as a commodity. You may have meant well but the context gives that line an objectifying tone, for both sexual and racial/nationality reasons.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>If it is indeed your intention to show off your diverse, welcoming team, that sentence creates the exact opposite effect. It pays to be more verbose and context-aware sometimes.</div></div>
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