Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates
So, anyone blindly assuming that a female Debian user is
automatically in the "luser" category is a fool.
I wasn't assuming that. I'm technically not that bad myself. That's
not the point. The point is that *on average* I believe a woman is
going to feel less confident about this stuff than a man with similar
skill. Do you have anoher suggestion as to why women don't get involved
in debian, given that, as you point out, there are people out there with
the skill to do so?
This kind of situation also applies in the other field I know something
about - academic physics. Same thing - male dominated field, where most
women feel less confident of their skill than their male colleagues.
Especially when they are starting out in the area and haven't gained
much experience yet (eg postgraduate students). It has nothing to do
wih their actual level of skill. It's something else, and in my
experience (I've talked to lots of people in different institutions and
countries), it's so widespread as to be almost across the board.
I think your message is a good one. Debian is an international
community. Don't categorize people based on assumptions.
I wasn't :) Hence the qualifiers in my post.
Followups should probably go to -project.
Sorry - don't know where you mean. Hope this will do.
Helen.
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