Re: debian and women? from DWN #10
On 2004-03-26, Emma Jane Hogbin penned:
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 05:12:50PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
>> >> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/
>>
>> I've been slowly wading through it. I honestly didn't find anything
>> offensive in the document. I guess I should re-read it after I finish
>> reading the flameage.
>
> Heh. Neither did I the first time. ...
>
> Now pretend you're a guy and read it again. Suddenly you can do no right.
> Everything is the man's fault--whether it's action or a lack of action.
> According to this document, you can't be a shy male sitting in the corner
> of a LUG. You have to be watching all the time for things that might be
> considered offensive to women. It's also uses aggressive (angry?) language.
> It's fun to read as a woman--at least I get a kick out of it and feel all
> empowered and bold and (yeah, like I need help with that).... I'll stop
> there for fear of starting another flamefest on this list about the very
> same document.
I'll try to re-read it from a guy's perspective. It definitely sounds
like you have a point there, but I'm too tired to get the full value out
of reading it right now ...
> emma
> PS I'll probably change my last name when I get married because Kent is
> way cooler than Hogbin. Not to mention I've always wanted to have a name
> that's 4+4+4 letters long. Hogbin's too long.
Emma Kent has a nice ring to it =) Er, no pun intended.
Yeah ... Monique Yvonne Mudama definitely flows better than Monique
Yvonne Herman. It's just that the latter is so familiar. I always
thought it would be fun to have the last name Harlequin, but for some
reason that was vetoed =P
And I have to relearn my signature! Ugh!
--
monique
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