Also... http://zgp.org/~dmarti/linuxmanship/
Which doesn't really address sexism, more the other point of the original thread. That being us calling something Micro$oft Windoze rather than referring to it as a Legacy Microsoft Windows Product. I still disagree in that joking is wrong in this forum, but it is a valuable read. Especially for the anti-suit types (that'd be me) who deal with suits all the time. And since even the word Legacy makes me mad (I hear it tied to Netware all the time), I think referring to Legacy Microsoft solutions as such should meet my need for bashing them. Because it is bashing them. Just in a more subtle, and polite way. The Girls stuff, I have to say, I didn't mention it because I'm with Aaron 100% on that... Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 9:55 AM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) some quick notes -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 09 October 2002 09:12, Shawn Grover wrote: > Aaron, I don't think the fact that there are fewer women than men in the > tech fields has much to do with a "boys club mentality". I think it has > more to do with the fact that there are fewer women in math related fields > - more because a womans brain does work a bit differently than mens, and as > I understand it, most women do not understand the math and/or logic > required. (disclaimer - that is simply my own observation based on my own > experiences with women in the field, and a few reports I have read over > time). you may want to read this HOWTO: http://www.nmt.edu/~val/howto.html when i'm talking to female professionals (which there are lots of in just about every field outside of technology these days) and they ask how many women are in the Free software community, I have to give them the unfortunate but obvious answer ("relatively few") . then they usually ask with honest curiosity, "why?" i hate that question, because the answer is not one i'm proud of. - -- Aaron J. Seigo GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" - Albert Einstein -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9pFFr1rcusafx20MRAhBpAJ9oVYO1xBb841m9n3IlZsIhW0XBqwCgqIrT eP+lKkpihzGlOfSh6a0PD1E= =oauD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
