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ObservationObservationPosted Aug 25, 2009 12:35 UTC (Tue) by coriordan (guest, #7544)In reply to: OK, I'll bite. Sides of this issue you might not be considering by mjg59 Parent article: FSF to host a mini-summit on Women in Free Software
Does nobody else find it strange that the people who are making public comments about being highly offended by rms's vague joke are mostly men who don't seem to have done anything previously about gender equality?
For people with such strong feelings and rigorous moral standards on this issue, I'm puzzled by the lack of visibility of their related work.
If a politician was in this situation, they'd be accused of empty opportunistic points-scoring.
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Observation Posted Aug 25, 2009 12:39 UTC (Tue) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]
I'm not clear whether you're referring to me or not, but if so then suggesting that I've done nothing about gender equality in the past is pretty clearly inaccurate.
Observation Posted Aug 25, 2009 12:48 UTC (Tue) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link]
I wasn't referring specifically to you.
Your post just motivated me to join the discussion because everyone else had used polite language before you.
Observation Posted Aug 26, 2009 19:35 UTC (Wed) by maco (guest, #53641) [Link]
What % of LWN readers are female? Bet it's somewhere around the % that contribute to Free Software. So, ya know... 1.5%
Observation Posted Aug 26, 2009 19:37 UTC (Wed) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] According to the brief survey we throw at people when they create an account, LWN readers are 2.9% female, 12% "unspecified."
Observation Posted Aug 27, 2009 2:25 UTC (Thu) by maco (guest, #53641) [Link]
Thanks! So 3-15%...and there are what...? 6-10 people in this thread? So umm...yeah it being a male-dominated thread when it's a male-dominated community...not that surprising
Observation Posted Sep 6, 2009 7:51 UTC (Sun) by mdz@debian.org (subscriber, #14112) [Link]
Who are you actually referring to here, and what research have you done into
their gender identity or activism?
Why do you find it suspicious that, in a community which is estimated to be
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