The dark side of open source conferences
The dark side of open source conferences
Posted Dec 2, 2010 0:43 UTC (Thu) by AndreE (guest, #60148)In reply to: The dark side of open source conferences by mb
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Ultimately that seems an underlying issue that can open the door to more sexist environments. Planning your conferences assuming that women will be present and interested would probably make you think twice of using any bikini images
Posted Dec 2, 2010 10:52 UTC (Thu)
by aleXXX (subscriber, #2742)
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Still, an image of a woman in bikini - where's the problem ?
Alex
Posted Dec 2, 2010 12:00 UTC (Thu)
by mingo (guest, #31122)
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This is a fundamental rule of social interaction: what matters is not what you find offensive personally - what matters is the 'superset' of all things that members of the audience might be upset or even just uncomfortable about.
Since it's a superset there will probably always be things that you don't care about that deeply - but which others find impolite or offensive.
This concept is especially important on technical conferences where a large number of cultures and subcultures meet and often the only common social platform they share are the narrow technical topics.
If you are conscious of that then it's going to be a pleasant experience for everyone involved.
Posted Dec 12, 2010 7:21 UTC (Sun)
by linuxrocks123 (subscriber, #34648)
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The dark side of open source conferences
Maybe you could ask the guy to put a picture of a pretty guy in Speedos on the same slide. I for one wouldn't feel offended by this in any way, independent of whether it would be presented by a man or woman.
The dark side of open source conferences
Still, an image of a woman in bikini - where's the problem?
The dark side of open source conferences