I found this to be a curious post, so I wanted to see what Plurkers thought.

Doesn't buy his argument that being a dad and being a mom are the same thing - there are cultural expectations that apply to each role that

don't apply to the other.

technically yes, but there are issues that speak only to women bloggers, ie the recent NYT Blogher article in the fashion section

Sure, work/home balance is difficult for all parents, but men and women each have different roles *exterior* to either that aren't cross

gender.

I agree they should get the best speakers for the particular topic and that may be a male or may be a female

"not as long as they let men participate in the conference.. which they did."

while I don't agree with 100% of what he said, he did make some really valid points.

the one thing that makes general tech conferences different is that they're supposedly for all. This was group-centric. Would people be ...

calling for religious parity if it was a Jewish bloggers conference?