It seems like it would be equal opportunity between sexes. 1:1 opportunity to ask based on apparent sex. It is not equal representation necessarily. On May 6, 2016 5:53 PM, "beliavsky--- via Python-list" < python-list@python.org> wrote:
> On Friday, May 6, 2016 at 5:07:28 PM UTC-4, Ethan Furman wrote: > > On 05/06/2016 01:35 PM, beliavsky--- via Python-list wrote: > > > > > Most of [Guido's] keynote at that conference was answering questions > from > > > the people who had attended. And he actually said, "Let's alternate > > between > > > men and women asking questions."On the second day of the conference, > > he was > > > wearing a shirt from PyLadies, another nonprofit like Django Girls > > that helps > > > women learn how to program on Python. > > > > > > ********************************************************* > > > > > > This not "equal opportunity". It is a quota system. > > > > It's a corrective action, a way of getting men accustomed to listening > > to women and hearing good ideas and questions from them, and a way to > > accustom women to speaking in (currently) male dominated groups. > > It's silly to say that just because a group is over-represented that it > "dominates". If a conference has more Asians than whites does that > necessarily make it Asian-dominated? > > > And it is far more equal opportunity than having 25 males ask questions > > and only one or two females. > > Not if there are 25 males with questions and only one or two females with > questions. Among the people who have questions, you could choose randomly. > You and Terry Reedy misuse the term "equal opportunity". > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list