People, this is not complicated and the community standards are clear. Sexualize = "make sexual" – that's literally what the dictionary on my computer defines it as. Don't make sex jokes about Julia and don't imply that anyone is having sex with Julia. If you're looking at your feet to see if you've crossed the line or not, then you're way too damned close to the line. How we treat other people isn't programming. We don't need to specify the problem more precisely, we need to use our judgement and empathy. Dickering over grammar and origins of names is really deeply missing the point.
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 9:15 PM, Timothée Poisot <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't really agree. > > I mean, it would be nice to know where the name came from, as it is an > interesting bit of trivia. But as a community of mature adults, maybe > we can agree that we won't sexualize a name because (i) this is part of > the community standards we (implicitly) agreed to and (ii) maybe not > everything female-sounding needs be related to sex. > > So knowing the origins of the name could be interesting, but it has > nothing to do with the issue discussed in this thread, I think. > > Le lundi 12 octobre 2015 à 08:37 -0700, Christian Peel a écrit : > > I don't see a mention in the docs as to where the name Julia came > > from; did > > I miss it? This was one of the first things I looked for when I > > learned > > about Julia. As humans, we like a good origin story, and often we > > invent > > stories if there is not one present. My guess is that even during > > the > > selection of the name, Julia as the name of a woman [1] and as the > > French > > mathematician [2] came up in discussion. This came up during > > discussion of > > the language with my co-workers. This ambiguity would be resolved if > > one > > of the founders wrote a paragraph or more on the origin of the name > > in the > > docs. I recall that Jeff said something at a meetup about the origin > > of > > the name that meshes with the community standards. > > > > [1] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Julia > > [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Julia > > > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 6:47 AM, Sisyphuss <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > I am not particular interested in this issue. I just like to know: > > > > > > 1. If someone makes a moe female cartoon image of Julia language, > > > is it a > > > sexualization (in the second sense of Oxford dictionary)? > > > > > > 2. I happened to say "understand her (Julia)" (that was a pun) > > > nearly one > > > year ago, was I sexualize it (in the second sense of Oxford > > > dictionary)? > > > > > > > > > > -- > Timothée Poisot, PhD > > Professeur adjoint > Département des sciences biologiques > Université de Montréal > > phone : 514 343-7691 > web : http://poisotlab.io > twitter: @PoisotLab > meeting: https://tpoisot.youcanbook.me/ > >
