Our thanks to Leigh for this. The start of the piece:
Organisers of the Resonate conference have offered female delegates cut-price entry, in an effort to improve the gender balance of the event taking place at the AL_A-designed MAAT museum in Lisbon next week.
The decision to offer a “special price for women in design” – cutting the full ticket price of €220 (£195) to €60 (£53) – was taken by organisers MAAT (Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology) and reSITE to “improve the gender balance in the industry”.
The idea came about when reSITE, a non-profit organisation focussing on the urban environment, called for ideas about how to address the gender imbalance in architecture and design.
“reSITE aims to be a part of the movement that elevates female voices as the solution and an opportunity to achieve social balance,” said a statement from the organisation.
“By bringing together all different backgrounds we can create provocative conversations around design and architecture for everyone. “The move comes as the industry reels from the involvement of property professionals implicated in sexual harassment during the Presidents Club scandal earlier this month. [J4MB emphasis]
Justice for Men & Boys 
So are men going to get a 70% discount for attending events dominated by women?! No, because you know, penis not vagina
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I was just about to write the same question in respect of nursing, teaching, social work and who knows how many other disciplines.
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Quote:-
“…. was taken by organisers MAAT (Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology) and reSITE to “improve the gender balance in the industry…..”
In what way will the industry be Actually Improved by enticing into it people who have no interest in architecture, and no desire to work there?
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I wait with bated breath for the day when sky-scrapers are erected on the basis of “feelings” rather than physics. “Safe spaces” will then be few and far between. Unkind of me, I know, but as Slowcoach intimates here below, wouldn’t it be better to have industry-minded applicants rather than those looking for and receiving easy, gravy-train rides, just because “woman”?
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