It's social, too.
It's social, too.
Posted Sep 29, 2007 8:45 UTC (Sat) by xanni (subscriber, #361)In reply to: It's social, too. by khim
Parent article: To Sir, with Love: How To Get More Women Involved in Open Source (O'ReillyNet)
The goal is to avoid missing out on people who could contribute a lot to the community. If people are being socialised not to pursue an interest in science, engineering, technology, IT etc. because it's too hard / not feminine / not masculine, the number and quality of people entering those disciplines decreases to the detriment of society.