Recently, someone noted that a part of haifux site was gender specific, and a discussion followed that comment. Following that (private) discussion:
In addition to the "Encourage Women in Linux HowTo" [1] http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/ which was thoroughly discussed in Linux-il, I wanted to draw your attention to the following essay, written by Douglas R. Hofstadter[2] http://www.angelfire.com/rebellion/personpaper/ Read it to find why it is most reasonable to use a different title when approaching a black rather than approaching a white. Examples: "Think how ugly it would be to say "All persons are created equal," or "All whites and blacks are created equal."" "it is self-evident when "white" is being used in an inclusive sense, in which case it subsumes members of the darker race just as much as fairskins." I was enlightened. Orna. [1] Did you know that women respond a lot better when invited personally? Meaning, if you want to change the rate of men to women [3]in Haifux, using female gender is a good start. [2] Author of "Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid", among others. See http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/002-5050044-0449654 [3] Almost FPE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
