On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 4:11 PM, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am I supposed to know what a manfeeling is? It seems weird to me that the > push (perhaps a movement, who knows) to implement codes of conduct has > become so enmeshed with the ultra-liberal feminist movement. I think there > are people who sympathize with and even support efforts to have codes of > conduct in technical spaces, but who don't want to feel demonized for > being male. There's a dark irony in sites such as Geek Feminism Wiki > feeling the need to prominently answer "Are men welcome here?" in their > FAQ (<http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Geek_Feminism_Wiki_FAQ>). > > This isn't to say that there aren't good ideas and good people behind some > of this content, but I can see a lot potential allies to the code of > conduct cause being put off by the militant feminist language and > overeager citations of feminist theory. > > Considering the fact that so far the vast majority of voices raised in this email thread, the previous 2 email threads, and the Code of Conduct draft discussion itself were mostly self-identified male, I suspect we are fairly safe from making it "anti men". > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > -- No trees were harmed in the creation of this post. But billions of electrons, photons, and electromagnetic waves were terribly inconvenienced during its transmission! _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
