OK, I'll bite. Sides of this issue you might not be considering [LWN.net]

OK, I'll bite. Sides of this issue you might not be considering

Posted Sep 6, 2009 7:58 UTC (Sun) by mdz@debian.org (subscriber, #14112)
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

Really? Women are "weak" for being moved by language?

Why should the pervasive language of patriarchy be any less influential in
excluding people from free software, than the "words" of the GNU Manifesto,
or the Open Source Definition, or the Debian Social Contract, which motivate
many people to participate?

Language is a conduit for ideas and feelings. It's how we communicate with
each other, including telling people who is welcome and who is not.

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