Is BP just for guys?

[Account Closed]

A recent BP blog article by Scott Trench had the phrase “. . . guys like us here on BiggerPockets . . . “ 

I commented about the gendered language, because if people don’t realize they’re doing it, it can never change.  

Scott, the author, didn’t reply, but sure enough, a cis white guy did. I got “put in my place” in a paternalistic, mocking way—or at least, that’s what the guy was trying to do, it appeared.

Without any response from Scott, who’s both the author and CEO of BP, but given the apparent ambivalence over exclusionary language, I’m taking Scott at his original word. Maybe he really did mean “guys?” Maybe women weren’t the target audience at all?  Is BP just for guys? 

Given the treatment of Christine Blasey Ford last week, I wasn’t going to ignore gender-biased language from a leader in the BP community, even if it was inadvertent, and even though it’s hard to speak truth to power. 

So I wonder, is BP just for guys? Did I buy a membership in the wrong club?

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