Re: debian and women? from DWN #10
On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 06:10:56PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> I just saw this in Debian Weekly News issue ten:
>
> <http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2004/debian-vote-200403/msg00067.html>
>
> I guess I just wonder.
>
> I've never found any sort of hostility or difficulty in dealing with any
> technically-oriented online forum; if anything, I've found that some
> people seem to go out of their way to respond to women.
>
> Okay, I lie. I've had hostility from a couple of individuals, but I've
> *never* attributed it to my female-ness, and in most cases there was
> evidence to suggest that they were equal-opportunity flamethrowers =)
>
> Any women out there? Have you found debian and/or other OSS or
> technical groups to be difficult, possibly because you're female?
>
> Any guys have opinions?
...
Heck, when I see a woman's name in the list, my only thought is "Hey,
cool!" It's hardly a common thing...
Kenward
--
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because passing civilization along from one generation to the next
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