Being an Effective Male Ally

What does it mean to be an "ally"? Why do we need them? Join Etsy's Toria Gibbs and Ian Malpass to learn about being an effective male ally to women in tech. We'll provide an overview of the principles of feminism and offer practical steps that can be taken to curb unconscious bias and be effective allies to women in the workplace.

This event is being run in conjunction with Coding Grace.

Transcript

1. Being an Effective Male Ally Toria Gibbs @scarletdrive Ian Malpass @indec Aug 11, 2016
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3. Feminism 3 “Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.” - Marie Shear
4. Intersectional Feminism 4 Women can also be members of other marginalized groups
5. Privilege 5 You’ve got it
6. © 1982 NEA, Inc. http://www.reelclassics.com/Actresses/Ginger/ginger-article2.htm
7. Patriarchy 7 Male-dominated power structures
8. Unconscious Bias 8 Literally everyone is a little bit sexist
9. © 2015 BBC http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34910954
10. Microaggression 10 “You’re too pretty to be a developer.” “You’re really good at football for a woman!” “Going out with the guys tonight; leaving the old ball and chain at home.”
11. Ally 11 Use your privilege to help non-privileged folks
12. via OutFront Minnesota http://www.outfront.org/strategicplan
13. BUT HOW??? 13
14. 14 • Power and authority • Access • Amplification • Modeling • Teaching What do allies offer us?
15. 15 10 Steps to Being an Effective Male Ally
16. Educate yourself http://codeascraft.com/2016/08/10/recommended-reading-for-allies/
17. Expand your network
18. Listen and believe
19. Notice the small stuff
20. Teach others
21. Amplify women
22. Recruit women Stop blaming the pipeline
24. Model good work/life balance
25. Let women lead
26. Show up Don’t expect a cookie
27. Thanks!
28. Acknowledgements Sara Gorecki Lauren Sperber Katie Sylor-Miller Lara Hogan Maggie Zhou Vicky Lee Katherine Daniels Caoimhe Cooney Jennie King Niamh Donnelley Amy Dyer Kate Higham
29. Sources “Lower wages for the same work; overall lower wages in industries dominated by women.” http://www.payscale.com/data-packages/gender-pay-gap “Diverse teams with diverse perspectives build better products.” https://hbr.org/2016/04/were-making-the-wrong-case-for-diversity-in-silicon-valley “Reporting discrimination can negatively impact your career.” https://www.tnwinc.com/2600/retaliation-rise-reporting/ “We tend to significantly overestimate the actual amount of time women spend talking.” http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131112-do-women-talk-more-than-men http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0142716400008882
30. Sources “OS contributions by women are accepted at a lower rate when their gender is known.” https://peerj.com/preprints/1733/ “The pipeline problem is somewhat correct, but entirely misleading.” https://medium.com/tech-diversity-files/if-you-think-women-in-tech-is-just-a-pipeline-problem-you-haven-t-be en-paying-attention-cb7a2073b996 “Women earn 18% of CS degrees today, but earned 37% of CS degrees in 1984.” http://www.computerworld.com/article/2474991/it-careers/women-computer-science-grads--the-bump-before- the-decline.html
31. Women to follow on Twitter Atefeh Riazi @UN_CITO Camille Fournier @skamille Cate Huston @catehstn Erica Joy @EricaJoy Kimberly Bryant @6Gems Lara Hogan @lara_hogan Reshma Saujani @reshmasaujani Vanessa Hurst @DBNess
32. Introductory feminism • http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Feminism_101 • http://www.xyonline.net/content/feminism-101-helpful-hints-dudes • https://www.amazon.com/Feminism-Everybody-Passionate-bell-hooks/dp/0896086283 (book) Why do we need feminism? Analogies on privilege • https://medium.com/@nkkl/ride-like-a-girl-1d5524e25d3a • http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/straight-white-male-the-lowest-difficulty-setting-there-is/ On allyship • http://www.guidetoallyship.com/ • http://www.fastcompany.com/3046555/strong-female-lead/the-tricky-and-necessary-business-of-being-a-male-advoc ate-for-gender-equ • http://www.shakesville.com/2013/04/on-fixed-state-ally-model-vs-process.html Suggested Reading
33. Suggested Reading Studies, reports • https://www.ncwit.org/resources/women-tech-facts-2015-16-update • https://www.ncwit.org/resources/male-advocates-and-allies-promoting-gender-diversity-technology-workplaces • https://www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Clubhouse-Women-Computing-Press/dp/0262632691 Opinion pieces, personal experiences • https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/diversity-for-sale • https://medium.com/the-web-we-make/the-year-i-didnt-retweet-men-79403a7eade1 • https://medium.com/@colmdoyle/families-and-tech-companies-c672d7db0f5 • http://qz.com/659196/i-had-so-many-advantages-and-i-barely-made-it-pinterests-tracy-chou-on-sexism-in-tech/ • http://www.newstatesman.com/laurie-penny/on-nerd-entitlement-rebel-alliance-empire • https://byrslf.co/the-women-in-tech-movement-is-victim-blaming-bullshit-1861e6fffedf • http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/08/tech-s-male-feminists-aren-t-helping.html
34. Suggested Reading Blogs, magazines • https://geekfeminism.org/ • https://modelviewculture.com/ Other fun stuff • http://arementalkingtoomuch.com/ • https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn4ob_5_ttEaA_vc8F3fjzE62esf9yP61 (via https://feministfrequency.com) • http://ncase.me/polygons/