Re: Thinking about organizing a special women-oriented event

[Miriam Ruiz <little.miry@gmail.com>]

2009/8/25  <binz75015@free.fr>:

> So Holger, I don't know if you are a man or a woman but your joke is just simply
> not funny and insulting for technical women.

I think that you have been mistaken. Holger was not the one that made
the joke, and in fact he did complain about it in a very serious way:

2009/8/25 Holger Levsen <debian@layer-acht.org>:

> Actually I dont think it's a joke, but (hope it is "just") a pointless, stupid
> comment, made without much thought. (I assume trying to be $whatever
> ("funny"?, dont care. Poor Caster (for being the object of so much crap).)
>
> Of course most women-only events are also open to those "few" who for whatever
> reason cannot fit into the binary men/women scheme.

In any case, it would be better to just go over it and continue the
discussion where we left it, now that the author has apologised.

Greetings,
Miry