Comments on: Girls of LeWeb3 http://www.liviacolare.com/2007/12/17/girls-of-leweb3/ internet, scrittura, lgbt, viaggi, libri, video, fumetti, tv ed altre ossessioni Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:21:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: catalonia blog http://www.liviacolare.com/2007/12/17/girls-of-leweb3/comment-page-1/#comment-6676 catalonia blog Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:02:34 +0000 http://www.liviacolare.com/2007/12/17/girls-of-leweb3/#comment-6676 Got to agree with Kat on this when she says:"Looks like this is one of those “Catch 22? situations. It’s always possible that a video like this may encourage more girls to go to conferences like LeWeb3 as they can see that there is a female presence". Got to agree with Kat on this when she says:”Looks like this is one of those “Catch 22? situations. It’s always possible that a video like this may encourage more girls to go to conferences like LeWeb3 as they can see that there is a female presence”.

]]> By: Cork boy http://www.liviacolare.com/2007/12/17/girls-of-leweb3/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Cork boy Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:43:11 +0000 http://www.liviacolare.com/2007/12/17/girls-of-leweb3/#comment-393 Regarding Ivan's comments on the word 'girl' and the comment by Tom backing him up, this is just a trans-Atlantic cultural difference. In Ireland, the UK, and Australia (where, essentially, British English is spoken) it is not offensive to refer to grown women as girls. Women themselves use the term all the time. My own mother is 61 and frequently says things like "I'm meeting the girls for lunch". Note that the huge British pharmacy chain Boots is currently running an ad campaign which features female office workers getting ready for their Christmas office party to the tune of "Here Come the Girls". I think you'll agree it is highly unlikely Boots would have chosen a song with lyrics likely to offend the customers that comprise their single largest demographic group! So the use of 'girl' is not going to offend the vast majority of the 65 million native English speakers in Europe, which is after all where the conference took place. "When in Rome..." Daft but possibly interesting aside: here in Cork (Ireland), grown men address each other as 'boy' all the time. It's used in roughly the same way as the Aussie word 'mate'. No doubt this form of address would be used with black people in Cork too, but without any of the racist overtone that this usage would carry in the United States. Regarding Ivan’s comments on the word ‘girl’ and the comment by Tom backing him up, this is just a trans-Atlantic cultural difference. In Ireland, the UK, and Australia (where, essentially, British English is spoken) it is not offensive to refer to grown women as girls. Women themselves use the term all the time. My own mother is 61 and frequently says things like “I’m meeting the girls for lunch”.

Note that the huge British pharmacy chain Boots is currently running an ad campaign which features female office workers getting ready for their Christmas office party to the tune of “Here Come the Girls”. I think you’ll agree it is highly unlikely Boots would have chosen a song with lyrics likely to offend the customers that comprise their single largest demographic group!

So the use of ‘girl’ is not going to offend the vast majority of the 65 million native English speakers in Europe, which is after all where the conference took place. “When in Rome…”

Daft but possibly interesting aside: here in Cork (Ireland), grown men address each other as ‘boy’ all the time. It’s used in roughly the same way as the Aussie word ‘mate’. No doubt this form of address would be used with black people in Cork too, but without any of the racist overtone that this usage would carry in the United States.

]]> By: Tom http://www.liviacolare.com/2007/12/17/girls-of-leweb3/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Tom Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:40:18 +0000 http://www.liviacolare.com/2007/12/17/girls-of-leweb3/#comment-378 Ivan - you're right. there's something odd about grown women being referred to as girls. Anyway, the feminists are absolutely right on this. It doesn't matter whether the intention was to offend, nor if the video wasn't exactly pornography. Accepting the objectification of women in an industry which already has more than its fair share of problems with gender equality is plain wrong. Ivan – you’re right. there’s something odd about grown women being referred to as girls. Anyway, the feminists are absolutely right on this. It doesn’t matter whether the intention was to offend, nor if the video wasn’t exactly pornography. Accepting the objectification of women in an industry which already has more than its fair share of problems with gender equality is plain wrong.

]]> By: Livia Iacolare » Blog Archive » My comments on Girls of LeWeb3 http://www.liviacolare.com/2007/12/17/girls-of-leweb3/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Livia Iacolare » Blog Archive » My comments on Girls of LeWeb3 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:42:45 +0000 http://www.liviacolare.com/2007/12/17/girls-of-leweb3/#comment-374 [...] P.S. a censured version of the video has been posted here. [...] [...] P.S. a censured version of the video has been posted here. [...]

]]> By: Bip http://www.liviacolare.com/2007/12/17/girls-of-leweb3/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Bip Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:15:16 +0000 http://www.liviacolare.com/2007/12/17/girls-of-leweb3/#comment-373 sexuality don't have place in Le web 3 ? lpffff...looooool......it's stupid ! How many website about sex..with photos, video sexy or porn....??lol... WEB is 80 % sex........! sexuality don’t have place in Le web 3 ? lpffff…looooool……it’s stupid ! How many website about sex..with photos, video sexy or porn….??lol…

WEB is 80 % sex……..!

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