Let's remove the plank from our own eye first.
Let's remove the plank from our own eye first.
Posted Oct 14, 2007 20:06 UTC (Sun) by njs (subscriber, #40338)In reply to: Let's remove the plank from our own eye first. by gravious
Parent article: To Sir, with Love: How To Get More Women Involved in Open Source (O'ReillyNet)
Are we suggesting that FOSS nerds/geeks are less mindful of women than the average Joe Bloggs.Maybe. Unfortunately, we can be pretty sure something is going on with FOSS in particular, because female participation in FOSS is lower than in practically anything else. There are a higher proportion of female *construction workers* -- by reputation, at least, one of the most male-dominated and misogynistic fields out there -- than there are female FOSS contributors (see).