Re: debian and women? from DWN #10
(sorry about the direct reply Monique)
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?
>
I've never found any problems on this list when I've posted. No comments
about gender and no condescension. I will say that I notice when another
female posts, but as someone else said, just to say "hey cool" because
it is rare.
On the other hand, I'm not sure if anyone caught the issue on Full
Disclosure. Check this link [0] to see how some females do get treated
on tech lists.
Bec
[0] http://www.oneeyedcrow.net/securitygeekfemme.html
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