Women now pay less to learn web development

danredux · 2013-03-14T00:41:43+00:00

Breaking News: Women get discounts on abso-fucking-lutely everything! You name it, movie tickets, nightclub fees, concert tickets, college courses! Don't have a cock? DISCOUNT FOR YOU!

But what's that, you say? There's a huge shortage of males going into daycare and teaching professions? So fucking what?

5kydv1n · 2013-03-14T05:13:42+00:00

Long time lurker here. This is not even comparable to the situation in my field. wai.org / Women in Aviation You will have a list of about 100-180 scholarships and grants that require you to be a girl. Please bear in mind that those are almost all the grants out there in aviation, they only leave out 3-4 that do not require you to be a woman or a minority (last time I checked there was one grant for minorities, $400 if I recall correctly).

Trenticle · 2013-03-14T13:49:05+00:00

Here's my problem with crying about things like this, yes on paper it sounds so horrible, but it's marketing, men are going to pay the 150 to take this class, they don't give a shit, women on the other hand are probably representing MUCH less for this company, as in they are not getting as much business as they want, so they lower the price to entice MORE business from women, not because they hate your penis, because they want more money. There are far too many posts crying about inane shit on this subreddit these days.

watitdew · 2013-03-14T06:47:58+00:00

Like anyone can't just RTFM and figure it out. It's not rocket surgery. These classes are for people with no real drive who crave certification and perceived legitimacy.

Piroko · 2013-03-14T03:18:46+00:00

Don't worry, I'm sure they'll be just as inept after said class as before.

Real web development happens in eclipse not dreamweaver.

theskepticalidealist · 2013-03-14T03:24:10+00:00

What id like to see is what ratio of women to men that join these classes actually go on to use it in that field. I would hazard a bet that most of the women will not go into IT (or engineering etc) and many will drop out at a far greater ratio than men.

unitedamerika · 2013-03-14T13:09:31+00:00

I've been involved with education a long time. There are a lot of different organization that raise funds and donate them to give certain groups discounts. I don't really see this as a MensRight issue w/o more information.

In a lot of these cases, the money given with this specific string attach for this fiscal year. These groups tend not to enroll in the class. The class never happens and the money isn't spent. The money then goes to roll over and re-allocated to an department that helps a wider range of people regardless of sex.

Angelic_Ringmaster · 2013-03-14T19:25:53+00:00

They're just trying to attract a new market, it's just business.

jjbrochotomy · 2013-03-14T20:34:28+00:00

Price Discrimination is a well known phenomena. Women have a lower demand function for programming. Therefore they lower their price. Similar to student discounts. There are some good reasons for preventing price discrimination. For example, if a firm wanted to charge black people $1,000 more to keep them out of a store, or charge minority college students more because they are more likely to fail and want to pass more, this is problematic.

The question is does this apply to men? Does charging women a little less to exploit the fact they have a lower demand function cause a problem? I don't think so. I don't think this is targeting men (us, me) in a poor light. It's just trying to appeal to the different demand functions for women.

Is that reasonable?

maybesane · 2013-03-14T10:36:02+00:00

what the actual fuck

2013-03-14T11:54:42+00:00

This will end the minute that society pushes to end the legal toleration of sexist price discrimination. It's legislative changes that are needed to spur equality in this area.

aussiehank · 2013-03-14T12:38:55+00:00

From the rubyoffrails website, there is nil information about the full price of the course. So, what was the full price ?

DavidByron · 2013-03-14T17:35:37+00:00

This is probably illegal as states typically make it illegal to discriminate on the basis of sex or race when offering services to the public.

esantipapa · 2013-03-14T20:33:38+00:00

People pay to learn Ruby On Rails? That's weird...

Ruby is easier to learn than the English language and Rails is crazy intuitive. Why would anyone pay for something they could learn online for free with a little persistence?

Tusse · 2013-03-14T08:02:36+00:00

Nothing stops you from opening up a web dev business that gives discounts to men whilst charging full admission to students and women.

Quit griping about other people's way of doing things -- start being a player yourself, instead of a grumpy spectator.

Title	Women now pay less to learn web development
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Date	March 14, 2013 12:27 AM UTC (13 years ago)
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