OSCON keynote: Standing out in the crowd
OSCON keynote: Standing out in the crowd
Posted Jul 29, 2009 1:16 UTC (Wed) by njs (subscriber, #40338)In reply to: OSCON keynote: Standing out in the crowd by drag
Parent article: OSCON keynote: Standing out in the crowd
> Ssssh.. Stop using such logic. It's dangerous. We are not talking about reality or anything practical.
The reality is that women who try to participate in FOSS get harassed, and when people try to talk about that, they get dismissive comments like this one, full of cliches that contradict each other. (Are these OMG scary womyn thought police!1! or cute, annoying, ineffective girls who will try to talk you to death on their blogs?) Really the only consistent part of these arguments is the conclusion: that there's no need to think about what women are saying.
Certainly not everyone here is talking about reality, but you and I may disagree on who that is.