Why We Need Women In Blockchain

[lioness444]

Written by Setareh Sabety (Wordsmith at SwissBorg)

"At a recent Blockchain conference, a panel of women was at a loss for an answer to the question, how can blockchain help gender equality? The question and the answers, or non-answers the panellist gave, made me, an old ‘analogue’ feminist, realise that there is a dire need to raise awareness of the problem of gender inequality in the blockchain and crypto space"

Read more: https://medium.com/swissborg/why-we-need-women-in-blockchain-b99f27a03898

[sheenshane]

Well, the logic is simple, women don't risk that much compared to men because they always wanted to be secured. The reason why is that most of the time, women were taken advantage and fooled by the people.
If women are committed to the blockchain, it means that blockchain has earned enough security to convince women nature of judgment in security. If a woman joined blockchain, it doesn't mean that they are pro-feminist. I am a woman and I know that I am talking about!

[r1a2y3m4]

Well, the logic is simple, women don't risk that much compared to men because they always wanted to be secured.

I don't think so, women and men are the same. They are both humans. And humans have different desires. So, it means that it is up to the person if she or he is risking too much. We cannot just generalize women from men on that matter. Actually, all genders, all personalities, all people are welcome in cryptocurrency. It's up on their desire again if they want to risk.

[TECSHARE]

In some parts of the world "gender equality" means something, and is something to be striven for. In the Western world women have all the rights men have and more. "gender equality" is usually just code for Marxist Postmodernist policies under the guise of feminist activism. Bitcoin doesn't need "gender equality".

I see "feminists" do this in literally every single male dominated space there is. They first infiltrate, then subvert, then totally dominate the space pushing out the men who created it in a vain perpetual attempt to feel "more equal". This concept of never ending "gender equality" in all things is toxic and destructive and is nothing more than a delivery mechanism for Marxism. Blockchain in general is a meritocracy. If women want more to do with blockchain they need to do one thing. Get to work. Don't come to every male dominated and created space and demand inclusion like some kind of child.

[ASHLIUSZ]

Gender equality is found everywhere, with blockchain technology women hasn't shown much interest on it. As a result right now there is very small number of markets contributed by women investors. I believe soon large number of women will get into cryptocurrency and when they gets much interested surely she'll overcome men competing in the same market.

[BADecker]

One of the best happenings that is keeping women out of the blockchain is the 2018 drop in the price of Bitcoin.

Women are practical. Having seen the big price drop is keeping them away. This means that the men will become rich when the price goes back up. Then we men will be able to use our money to keep the women hooked to a ball and chain.

[KingScorpio]

One of the best happenings that is keeping women out of the blockchain is the 2018 drop in the price of Bitcoin.

Women are practical. Having seen the big price drop is keeping them away. This means that the men will become rich when the price goes back up. Then we men will be able to use our money to keep the women hooked to a ball and chain.

bitcoin are of course like all other 7 billion people in the world interested to use blockchain to find themselves some money earning cattle for private enrichment.

[theymos]

Why We Need Women In Blockchain

We need women in blocks and chains? You monster!


People should do what interests them. The whole idea of forcing diversity is ridiculous. (Now, if people are being assholes, such as by making sexist attacks against women who are interested in Bitcoin, then that's different & inappropriate. But I haven't seen much of that, especially in more serious contexts.)

[r1s2g3]

Gender equality is found everywhere, with blockchain technology women hasn't shown much interest on it. As a result right now there is very small number of markets contributed by women investors. I believe soon large number of women will get into cryptocurrency and when they gets much interested surely she'll overcome men competing in the same market.

Then socialist will start with new question "why there are no men in blockchain".
I do not understand why you need them in blockchain? Giving them equal opportunity is all we need .
They can decide what they need to do.

[TECSHARE]

Gender equality is found everywhere, with blockchain technology women hasn't shown much interest on it. As a result right now there is very small number of markets contributed by women investors. I believe soon large number of women will get into cryptocurrency and when they gets much interested surely she'll overcome men competing in the same market.

Then socialist will start with new question "why there are no men in blockchain".
I do not understand why you need them in blockchain? Giving them equal opportunity is all we need .
They can decide what they need to do.

Exactly. The pinnacle of equality should be equality of opportunity. Equality of outcome is only achievable with totalitarian oppression. Unfortunately most people fighting for "equality" don't know or care about the difference.

[BADecker]

The problem is that men and women are not equal.

They look reasonably equal. The have bodies with many similar members. They both say "I" when referring to themselves. But down deep, they are extremely different. This doens't mean that one is inferior to the other. It simply means different... not equal.

The differences between men and women are like the 90% of the iceberg that you can't see under the surface of the water.

The difference revolves around one basic thing. A woman has machinery inside her for making babies, and carrying them to term. This machinery affects her whole being in tremendously gigantic ways. Why? Because making a baby is not a simple thing. Women do it all the time, but it can't be easily done in the test tube. It is a highly complex process, and the complexity of it reaches over into the whole life of the woman... but in subtle ways.

This does NOT mean that men are inferior to women. What it means in this modern world is that women have extended themselves just to live in a man's world, way beyond what men have. Why? Because there isn't a gigantic push in men to strive to be successful just to live. It's easier for a man to live in the modern world, because a man does not have the great baby-making machinery distraction that is overriding women in their whole lives.

When a woman comes into the man's world, she has to fight against her natural baby-making instincts to make something else her priority. And everybody knows that when you exercise/fight, you become stronger in some ways, but less sensitive in others.

This makes a woman stronger - especially a woman who has reconciled the man's world she is adapting to, to her womanly, baby-making nature.

The man is weaker because he naturally doesn't have to struggle as hard to survive in the man's world. He is made for it, whereas the woman has to fight to make it work.

[Spendulus]

Written by Setareh Sabety (Wordsmith at SwissBorg)

"At a recent Blockchain conference, a panel of women was at a loss for an answer to the question, how can blockchain help gender equality?...

That's a totally fucking stupid question.

How can a Mathematical procedure get politically correct?

[SaltySpitoon]

I don't think there is anything keeping women out of blockchain technology currently. Some fields have been historically male dominated, and I could see why that would be off putting, but computer science and more specifically blockchain technology doesn't have the same 4,000 year history of exclusion of women as some fields. As long as we don't make an active effort to make the cryptospace toxic towards women, we should be on a fairly level playing field right now.  

Have any women came out and said that they feel excluded from cryptocurrencies? If so, I'd be curious to see what the reason is.

[zhekinsp]

Anyone can use blockchain,so it is their responsibility to find and apply the new technology to the real life applications.

But they are busy on some other things so they spend time rarely to invent something new.

[Spendulus]

I don't think there is anything keeping women out of blockchain technology currently. Some fields have been historically male dominated, and I could see why that would be off putting, but computer science and more specifically blockchain technology doesn't have the same 4,000 year history of exclusion of women as some fields. As long as we don't make an active effort to make the cryptospace toxic towards women, we should be on a fairly level playing field right now.  

Have any women came out and said that they feel excluded from cryptocurrencies? If so, I'd be curious to see what the reason is.

It's still a totally stupid and ridiculous premise, and argument.

Consider the following. EVERYTHING having to do with blockchain has to do with actions through a terminal, then over a computer network, then out to the world. None of these mechanisms knows or cares who or what the human is.

None of them.

[BADecker]

^^^ But we don't know this for sure. After all, it has been known for decades that there are tiny impurities within pnp and npn materials that sometimes make computers act incorrectly. We don't absolutely know that computers don't have a "subconscious" that is slightly manipulating everything we use them for.

[omonuyak]

Written by Setareh Sabety (Wordsmith at SwissBorg)

"At a recent Blockchain conference, a panel of women was at a loss for an answer to the question, how can blockchain help gender equality? The question and the answers, or non-answers the panellist gave, made me, an old ‘analogue’ feminist, realise that there is a dire need to raise awareness of the problem of gender inequality in the blockchain and crypto space"

Read more: https://medium.com/swissborg/why-we-need-women-in-blockchain-b99f27a03898

women are not really interested in blockchain technology and some of them are really not participating in some of the blockchain conference that I have attended so far.  We really need to educate them on how blockchain technology can bring equality not only in governments but also in gender.

[Spendulus]

.....there is a dire need to raise awareness of the problem of gender inequality in the blockchain and crypto space.....

There is ...
 
no "dire need"
no "gender inequality in the blockchain and crypto space..."
there is no "problem"

[SaltySpitoon]

women are not really interested in blockchain technology and some of them are really not participating in some of the blockchain conference that I have attended so far.  We really need to educate them on how blockchain technology can bring equality not only in governments but also in gender.

How does blockchain technology bring equality to anyone? Its transparent, which is certainly a good feature for a lot of things, but I don't see how it has any effect on gender whatsoever. If women by percent are less interested in blockchain technology than men, that isn't a problem. You don't need to forcibly educate someone if it doesn't interest them, just so we can make the statics pretty. Its only a problem when there is some sort of exclusion going on that makes it that way. There is genuine systemic gender inequality in certain fields/hobbies, but those typically stem back hundreds of years. Blockchain Technology came about during a time where gender equality is a norm, so there shouldn't be any preconceived notions that women aren't allowed in cryptospace.

I'm absolutely for equal opportunity for all ages/races/genders to get into crypto, but I feel its sort of patronizing to start a crypto awareness campaign aimed towards 48-57 year old inuit women because they are the least prevalent group in the space. Just welcome anyone who wants to join, and things are how they should be. I can't say I've seen any behavior here anyway that would make anyone feel excluded.

[BADecker]

Creation of the blockchain is simply the way things work in supply and demand.

What happens to oppressive governments? They collapse after a while. In fact, they only become strong in the first place because they weren't oppressive in their beginnings. Consider the USSR (Russia). It became oppressive, and around 1990 it collapsed into a much freer government that we have today.

Smart business people understand this. So, they give at least the appearance of no-oppression to their slaves... but maybe some real freedom.

The blockchain came about because of the freedom and then the oppression. Freedom allowed technology that could produce such a thing like a blockchain to come into existence. Oppression brought about the need to make the blockchain so that people could regain freedom.

Then the blockchain was used to make profit for some, and to damage others - the 2017 rise in Bitcoin price, and the 2018 fall. So, some people became freer from the blockchain while others became enslaved.

Most people don't really think about this. All they do is attempt to maintain their freedom, and remain at least comfortable in their life.

The point? The minute a woman sees an advantage in getting into blockchain usage in some way, she will do it, or at least try. Some women have done this already. The rest simply aren't interested in the potential loss the blockchain might bring them.