<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Andrew Garner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrew@andrewgarner.com" target="_blank">andrew@andrewgarner.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I think you should give the benefit of the doubt. The event is called Rails Girls after all.</div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>As a Woman I would prefer it if people do not patronise me by calling me a girl. The event is called Rails Girls, but that doesn't mean the Women involved have to be referred to as Girls.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If you look at the Rails Girl's website you will see that Women are referred to as Women. <a href="http://guides.railsgirls.com/guide/">http://guides.railsgirls.com/guide/</a></div><div><br></div><div>
But what do I know, I'm just a Woman, err, sorry, girl.</div></div></div></div>