This paper has had some important comments on twitter already within the first 24h, showing that I too have my own assumptions when it comes to gender:
Yaniv erlich @erlichya suggest revising Rule 8 to "Support Women (&Men) at Meetings" Also men have issues leaving kids behind.
Melissa WilsonSayres @mwilsonsayres How about, “Support researchers at meetings.” Don’t need to force the gender binary.
Yaniv erlich @erlichya I hate to put all workload on my wife while traveling (and admire her for agreeing to that).
Benjamin Abécassis @b_abk6 rule 9 « be family friendly » assumes that women only take care of children. Maybe that’s the main problem.
Thanks everyone for joining the conversation and pointing out these assumptions that hold us all back,
Competing interests declared:
As I indicated in the original article, I am a woman, this article is about poor representation of women at conferences...this may be considered a conflict of interest