A request [LWN.net]

A request

Posted Oct 9, 2015 13:41 UTC (Fri) by jubal (subscriber, #67202)
In reply to: A request by nevets
Parent article: Sharp: Closing a door

People who are not the target of sexist behaviour usually don't notice it unless they pay extra attention.

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Posted Oct 9, 2015 16:34 UTC (Fri) by nevets (subscriber, #11875) [Link] (3 responses)

I actually try to look for sexist comments, but as you said, as I'm not a women. I may indeed miss some. But please, by all means, show me an example of one in the last few years that was made on LKML by a kernel developer (I don't count random emails from unknowns that sometimes get into the mailing list. LKML is a public channel and anyone can post. I'm limiting it to only those that actually do contribute to the kernel source).

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Posted Oct 9, 2015 18:18 UTC (Fri) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link] (2 responses)

Is "deep-throating Microsoft" sexist? Either way, it's disgusting communication. Completely unacceptable in any context.

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Posted Oct 9, 2015 18:40 UTC (Fri) by nevets (subscriber, #11875) [Link]

I wouldn't call that "sexist" but I would agree that wasn't appropriate, and he should have used better terminology on that one. He's human, and it's not easy when every single word you say is scrutinized. I'm sure he learned not to say something similar to that again. That was what? 2 and a half years ago.

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Posted Oct 14, 2015 17:13 UTC (Wed) by davidstrauss (subscriber, #85867) [Link]

It's only sexist if you're heteronormative first.