Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes: > On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 11:25:59AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes: > > > So, Helen is kind enough to summarise her views on why she doesn't > > > participate in the project as fully as she might, and she's called a > > > flake, mentally unstable and sexist for her beliefs. > > Well, she said that she doesn't participate because boys will be mean > > to her. Sounds sexist to me. > > There are other ways of responding to that sort of claim than accusing > people of being sexist, flakey or mentally unstable. That you've chosen > that particular way says something about you, and says something about > the project's culture.
I don't think she's flaky or mentally unstable. I think she approached a concrete group of people by assuming they would fit a stereotype she had in mind, and that's a bad thing to do. Thomas
