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Re: Some Comments on Sexism in #debian



On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 09:08:46PM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
Yes, you should indeed complain about the "so easy your grandmother can
use it", but not because it discriminates against women; rather,
because it discriminates against men.
There is no substantive difference between the two, IMNSHO; I feel no need,
when pointing out bias, to figure out who is disadvantaged.  Gender
discrimination is not OK, regardless of who "benefits", and even if it's
"separate but equal", because separate is never equal.

You are right.  It is horrible discrimination that my pet dog is not
allowed to vote in the US presidential elections.  Down with
discrimination!

Jonathan

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