I can give a few answers for you:
1. The desires of minorities tend to be poorly served in
rule-by-majority groups like democracies and anarchic mobs.
2. Being a minority (e.g. woman; expatriate) can be an unpleasant and
alienating experience. Humans are social mammals who seek out the
Jonathan,
Thanks for the answer. The points you raised make sense for a support
group (IMO) but not for a technical community (especially mailing list
where even your geographical location is immaterial.)
*I *couldn't find answer to this question (easily) on
http://www.pyladies.com/ either.
On
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 11:28 PM, Mandar Vaze / मंदार वझे
mandarv...@gmail.com wrote:
before, and I would be interested in your response:
What purpose is served by creating a women's group, instead of
joining the existing group thus making it more diverse?
In other words, what purpose is
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On Tuesday 10 September 2013 02:32 PM, Mandar Vaze / मंदार वझे wrote:
Jonathan,
Thanks for the answer. The points you raised make sense for a
support group (IMO) but not for a technical community (especially
mailing list where even your
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 2:40 PM, sankarshan foss.mailingli...@gmail.comwrote:
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 11:28 PM, Mandar Vaze / मंदार वझे
mandarv...@gmail.com wrote:
before, and I would be interested in your response:
What purpose is served by creating a women's group, instead of
joining
Please co-operate. If you really have to talk about it, keep your
conversations private.
Some people object to private discussions :)
-Mandar
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Anand B Pillai anandpil...@letterboxes.org writes:
[...]
This is kind of continuing the original thread's context in disguise.
Let us have healthy discussions fresh, so request to not post further
on rekindling a closed thread.
Please co-operate. If you really have to talk about it, keep
Thanks Jonathan, Sankarshan for your support. I prefer to work than argue
with some people.
I do not want to carry this thread forward.
Warm regards,
Anu
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Noufal Ibrahim nou...@nibrahim.net.inwrote:
Anand B Pillai anandpil...@letterboxes.org writes:
[...]
before, and I would be interested in your response:
What purpose is served by creating a women's group, instead of
joining the existing group thus making it more diverse?
In other words, what purpose is served by intentional segregation?
Was this ever answered ?
-Mandar
