If you look at the lists of presenters at conferences on web design, you might think there is no diversity. But that’s not true, and the discrepancy is pointed out now and again. There’s currently another go-around about it on and between a number of blogs. Jeremy Keith of Adactio has a good post: The diversity division. I don’t agree with every detail of what he says, but it’s a good statement. I particularly appreciate his comments distinguishing between sex and gender.
Kenneth Sutton's aide-mémoire