Comments on: Media debate: Where have all the women gone?

By: >Lizzie

>Lizzie — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:02:17 +0000

Where have all the women gone…we sodded off and created our own companies thats where! I have been lucky/unlucky to have worked as both a bricklayer in my youth and in the internet industry in my 30′s. Which one was more sexist – take a wild guess. Never been so patronised in my life. I ran an eCommerce training programme [very early days we are talking] i had the head of BT telling me that the internet was like a big vilage hall with lots of rooms, i did interject to let him know that I was past all that, but he just carried on. He wasnt unusual. I have left the internet industry, my poor husband is still working in it [fairly high up] but says not much has changed.

By: >Lizzie

>Lizzie — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:02:00 +0000

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:18:18 +0000

If there was a woman in the audience from the BBC who obviously had a lot to say, then the question is surely – why was she not on stage?!

There is actually a hierarchy at events like this between people who are invited to speak on a panel, and people in the audience.

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:18:00 +0000

If there was a woman in the audience from the BBC who obviously had a lot to say, then the question is surely – why was she not on stage?!

There is actually a hierarchy at events like this between people who are invited to speak on a panel, and people in the audience.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:38:06 +0000

The picture tells a thousand words. As a bloke I am pulling my hoody over my head and keep a low profile

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:38:00 +0000

The picture tells a thousand words. As a bloke I am pulling my hoody over my head and keep a low profile

By: darika

darika — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:09:16 +0000

Thanks for comments all.
Mike, appreciate your response. I’m not a fan of including women for demographics sake and this was by no means an implication that techcrunchUK is gender biased. It’s just something I’ve been thinking about for a while from following a lot of events in digital media. It does seem to be a case of men coming to mind first, which is odd when I’ve worked with so many women in the industry.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:09:00 +0000

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By: CJ

CJ — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:41:32 +0000

I am sure if ‘people’ changed their mindset it would be possible to come up with some female names at short notice as well. Lets hope this is a lesson well learnt and next time things will be thought through differently. No use only having the women in the audience especially if they have the same expertise as the men up on the stage.
lets be fair and play nicely boys. I am sure you will in the future now!