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OK, I'll bite. Sides of this issue you might not be consideringOK, I'll bite. Sides of this issue you might not be consideringPosted Aug 27, 2009 23:35 UTC (Thu) by maco (guest, #53641)In reply to: OK, I'll bite. Sides of this issue you might not be considering by BrucePerens Parent article: FSF to host a mini-summit on Women in Free Software
>> * Blowjob-related ads in Linux publications
> Is this "Do you suck at coding", or something else?
Linux Journal ran an ad for QSol about how their servers wouldn't "go down on you either" with an image of a woman's heavily-made-up face.
>> * Death threats
> I get them too. What are these folks objecting to? Just your presence?
Some nutjob was going off about how women were destroying Debian and he was going to kill them for it.[0]
>> * Accusations of reverse sexism when we ask people to avoid the
I've seen a few guys enter the #linuxchix IRC channel recently and tell us that our IRC Etiquette rules[1] are sexist because they're about making men not be men (ie not, as you put it, led around by their gonads). That's just an example of the many times guys say it's unreasonable to expect them to be able to control themselves enough to not hit on every woman they see who can code.
[0] http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Debian_death_threats
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OK, I'll bite. Sides of this issue you might not be considering Posted Aug 27, 2009 23:54 UTC (Thu) by BrucePerens (guest, #2510) [Link] I've seen a few guys enter the #linuxchix IRC channel recently and tell us that our IRC Etiquette rules[1] are sexist because they're about making men not be men (ie not, as you put it, led around by their gonads). That's just an example of the many times guys say it's unreasonable to expect them to be able to control themselves enough to not hit on every woman they see who can code. They're children. Either real children or emotionally handicapped adults. I counsel companies on their relationship with the Open Source community. One part is preparing them for childish behavior on mailing lists, and helping them find mediators who will never take umbrage and then say something that makes the company look bad. There are actually worse groups than Free Software in this regard. If you have to work with cypherpunks and the crowd who go to defcon, be prepared. Attempting to educate them is all we can do, I guess.
OK, I'll bite. Sides of this issue you might not be considering Posted Aug 28, 2009 3:52 UTC (Fri) by maco (guest, #53641) [Link]
Mmmm yeah DEFCON...Friends asked if I was going to go this year, but knowing my partner wasn't going to be there...no. Young, female, and at a hacker con [that I can't literally run to my apartment from, if necessary] alone? Bad idea.
OK, I'll bite. Sides of this issue you might not be considering Posted Aug 28, 2009 6:44 UTC (Fri) by hypatiadotca (guest, #60478) [Link]
you should come next year. we'll make "maco has a posse" stickers, just like nick's :)
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