I never said there was no sexism at all. Obviously, such things like sexism and racism, do exist. I did say however, that even if they didn't really exist in certain areas, there is a vested interest in combating it, as some people professionally do this. No one will act in a manner which renders their profession, or field of study obsolete or unneeded. People will also construct problems in a way which makes them the arbitrators of solutions. Everyone does this.
>From my experience in politics, there will always be something which could be construed as sexism in terms of representation during activism. The feeling of need to get more women to join is fairly common amongst political activists. However, you can fall into the trap of 'trying too hard', which is in itself, sexist (or racist), and often, the worst examples of it. On 01/15/2012 10:49 AM, Brianna Laugher wrote: > On 14 January 2012 11:27, Dennis K <denn...@netspace.net.au> wrote: >> With all due respect, I think these articles which talk about sexism and >> racism still existing in some 'underlying' manner are nothing more than >> puff pieces designed to justify the livelihoods of people who making a >> living combating this. >> >> By maintaining there is a problem, you can then still rely on money >> coming in to 'fight it'. I will bet London to a brick on the fact that >> as long as someone will get published, paid or recognised for this sort >> of thing, there will be people writing about how we still got a bit of a >> way to go. > > With all due respect, women all over free software communities have > recounted their experiences of sexism for years and years, and for you > to treat it as an academic construct or a thought experiment > perpetuated by academics merely to uphold their livelihood > is.........not respectful at all. > > This is also covered by section 1.2 "What problem? Sexism is dead!" in > the HOWTO initially posted. > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/x28.html#AEN41 > If it was written today it would undoubtedly contain a link to > http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_incidents . > > regards > Brianna > _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb
