As I have previous discussed this was my first WebDU. I was hoping that it was not going to be a “boys own web geeks club”. And thinking back on it now that I am sitting back here at home among those I hold dear, I think it was. I approximated while at WebDU that the percentage of female attendees was well below 5%. The room was just a male testosterone fest at some points.
As Katrina discusses there was a lot of sexist comments from the audience and speakers on the podium. Personally I didn’t find the Nectarine adverts (case in point the Coldfusion one) offensive. As I took it in context of the 1950’s extreme stereotype that it projected.
