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>>>>> "Hassath" == hassath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hassath> [snip]
Hassath> Thanks ams- i agree with all your points. I want to add
Hassath> another one, which i have mentioned in my response to
Hassath> Pankaj- the freedel blog has a posting (the top one) by
Hassath> raju which has an offensive "attempt at humour". I would
Hassath> like to emphasise yet again- these "jokes" are not a
Hassath> reflection of a good sense of humour. And when a woman
Hassath> like me raises an objection, it is NOT a case of being
Hassath> oversensitive- if you can't see that and continue to
Hassath> behave like that- yes, women will be put off. I will be
Hassath> much obliged if i don't have to see "jokes" like that
Hassath> again on this list or on the blog.
Fair enough. The attempt at humour was supposed to achieve the
reverse of what you are reading it as, but that doesn't make a
difference in this context.
As I see it, we have two options open to us:
- - Everyone introspect and figure out ways of doing things right so
that more women feel comfortable in participating in the LUG. Perhaps
people who have had prior experience with gender issues can come forth
and give inputs, or be blunt and specific when some line is crossed.
We hope that eventually the lists and the group become more sensitive.
- - People who care about the predominance of men in the LUG take steps
to actively encourage the participation of women.
Of course, there's a third option too:
- - Do nothing and let things continue their way.
At the moment we're all sitting around agreeing that an issue has been
identified, but none of us is actually doing anything to suggest steps
that can be taken to resolve it. Do such steps exist? If they do,
who can enumerate them? Once potential solutions are known, can we
work together to implement them?
I don't know the answers to any of these questions. However, since
you have brought the issue up, I'd invoke the ILUG-Delhi rule and have
you automagically volunteered for going deeper into it. I personally
would be very happy to have the male dominance in ILUG-Delhi broken,
so if you have ideas please share them for my benefit at least.
Regards,
- -- Raju
- --
Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/
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