On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Mike Rhodes <mike.rho...@cloudant.com>wrote:
> On 29 April 2014 11:18, Jason Smith <jason.h.sm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Rule: No profanity > > > > Secondly, this is only a suspicion, but I think profanity (and also cocky > > faux hatred), is a shibboleth indicating manhood and that we are in a > > men-only club. It's like a loud fart or belch, or scratching your groin. > > Men generally curb that behavior in mixed company. It reminds me of bulls > > locking horns to impress a mate. Maybe F-bombs and the anger it stands > for > > are scaring some women away from software. Could be wrong, though. > > +1 to guidance against profanity, particularly casual. Crassness is > unpleasant. > > -1 to casual sexism that women don't swear, fart or scratch their crotches. > I know you didn't mean harm, but this trap is too easy to fall into and is > relevant here. > Well anyway I'm glad there's some momentum (if not yet consensus) to this idea. Thanks.
