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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19/09/13 12:43, Rachel Graves wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Andrew Garner <span
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<div dir="ltr">I think you should give the benefit of the
doubt. The event is called Rails Girls after all.</div>
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<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>
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<div>If you look at the Rails Girl's website you will see
that Women are referred to as Women. <a
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href="http://guides.railsgirls.com/guide/">http://guides.railsgirls.com/guide/</a></div>
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But what do I know, I'm just a Woman, err, sorry, girl.</div>
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Girls run this world! But also women, ladies, even boys are allowed
in. More than semantics we’re interested in a mindset. Both founders
were born in the Spice Girls era, they don’t see the word girl as
condescending or cutesy-cute.
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