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An update on the Ada InitiativeAn update on the Ada InitiativePosted Jan 2, 2012 8:40 UTC (Mon) by Arker (guest, #14205)In reply to: An update on the Ada Initiative by Julie Parent article: An update on the Ada Initiative
Thank you. I also agree with the points you bring up, except one: "I think it is extremely unlikely that anyone would ever seriously make these suggestions because both males and white people are already in the majority."
Actually, males are in the minority worldwide, as are "white people" however defined. I worked for several years in a field that is heavily dominated by women myself, and I can just imagine the responses I would have gotten had a I tried to start an initiative to make our conferences more testosterone friendly.
Ultimately I think we should get away from analysing these final outcomes and looking for problems there - look instead at individual liberty. If people are being actively kept out of a field because of their gender, that is wrong, but if there are no barriers like that and one group is just less interested than the other, then that outcome is perfect.
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An update on the Ada Initiative Posted Jan 2, 2012 8:46 UTC (Mon) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]
exactly, talk to Male nurses some time about how things go on in their field.
An update on the Ada Initiative Posted Jan 8, 2012 18:56 UTC (Sun) by Julie (guest, #66693) [Link]
"Thank you. I also agree with the points you bring up, except one: "I think it is extremely unlikely that anyone would ever seriously make these suggestions because both males and white people are already in the majority." "
Hmm? Either you are misunderstanding me or I am misunderstanding you - I thought we were talking about men and women's participation in FOSS?
If you really think males are in the minority, I would encourage you to go to a conference :-) I went to LinuxCon Europe last year and from what I could see the number of (predominantly) white males outnumbered the females (either white or not) by quite a lot. From personal observation, I would say a less than 10 percent (female) estimate would be roughly right here.
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