EuroPython Podcast Questions: the polemic “DjangoGirls, DjangoGays ha ha ha”

More information about the incident here: http://ivan.pedrazas.me/2015/04/03/everyday-sexism-the-pytho...

The common refrain of "hey why do you people need your own silly subgroup"?

I guess viewed charitably this could be taken as "From my perspective there is no division between any of us so I don't understand the need for a subgroup".

But if that were the case why would does no one question groups based on geography? If these guys heard of of a new club called Downtown Pythoners, I don't guess they would have joked "hey, why don't we create our own group called Uptown Pythoners, ha ha ha".

This is the first time I see a response to such complaint that might even leave the social justice fighters happy. Some people feel hurt and they get a sorry and the promise that this won't happen again, and at the same time the person who said it is validated by asking for his opinion and realising that like most of the time it was not meant to hurt anybody.

I'm quite proud of that post and the Python community.

Most complete translation I've seen so far: https://gist.github.com/yamila-moreno/c570891235e1433f45f9