Awful article in Barrapunto
Barrapunto ( http://barrapunto.com/ ), one of the most important Spanish
weblogs, the Spanish equivalent fo Slashdot, put the next article yesterday in
their front page (I've translated it to english as accurately as I could):
Anonymous Coward tells us: "Free Software does not get rid of the victimist
discourse of feminist either. M. Molist publishes an article about a report of
the Cambridge University [1] for the European Commission that seems to be as
those gender studies [2] as fashionable as little rigorous. The sorrow is that
a person so respected within the community of free software as Amaya Rodrigo
[3] renders to this journalistic sensationalism. She says to "totally agree"
with a report that assures that the free software "exacerbates/aggravates the
hostile environment" [sic] agains women. She herself, afterwards, deny it
("Debian Women had a welcome in the community"). It is a pity to see how
intelligent people dedicate themselves to promote a false and distorted vision
of the same same community that has ket her learn all that she knows, as she
herself admits.". We talked about that not long ago [4]. It must be clarified
that this "gender" approach is strident, but is not shared by all feminists
[5]. Other women, defenders of equality [6] and not of the discrimination nor
of the quotas, have a very different point of view [7] about this matter of
women and sciences.
pobrecito hablador nos cuenta: «El software libre ya tampoco se libra del
discurso victimista del feminismo. M. Molist publica un artículo sobre un
informe de la Universidad de Cambridge [1] para la Comisión Europea que tiene
toda la pinta de esos estudios de género [2] tan de moda como poco rigurosos.
Lo lamentable es que una persona tan respetada dentro de la comunidad del
software libre como es Amaya Rodrigo [3] se preste a este sensacionalismo
periodístico. Dice estar "completamente de acuerdo" con un informe que asegura
que la comunidad del software libre "exacerba el entorno hostil" [sic] contra
las mujeres. Ella misma, un poco más abajo, lo desmiente ("Debian Women tuvo
una acogida fenomenal en la comunidad"). Es una pena ver cómo personas
inteligentes se dediquen a promover una visión falsa y distorsionada de la
propia comunidad que le ha permitido aprender todo lo que sabe, como ella
reconoce.» Hace poco hablamos de ello [4]. Hay que aclarar que este enfoque
"de género" es el más estridente, pero que no lo comparten [5] todas las
feministas. Otras mujeres, partidarias de la igualdad [6] y no de la
discriminación ni de las cuotas, tienen un punto de vista muy distinto [7]
sobre este asunto de las mujeres y las ciencias.
[1]
http://www.elpais.es/articulo/portada/Cambridge/denuncia/hostilidad/mujeres/sector/tecnologico/elpcibpor/20060720elpcibpor_2/Tes/
[2] http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estudios_culturales
[3] http://people.debian.org/~amaya/
[4] http://barrapunto.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/25/1014208
[5] http://www.gendercenter.org/sommers.htm
[6] http://biblioweb.sindominio.net/pensamiento/elisabeth_badinter.html
[7]
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/previous_issues/articles/0560/parity_as_a_goal_sparks_bitter_battle/(parent)/12096
I know neither Barrapunto nor Slashdot are especially friendly to women, in
fact they're usually very mysoginist and hostile, but I got very angry when I
read that partial and unfair text. It's a pity that men are keeping such
hostility and agresiveness and not even becoming aware of it.
Miry
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