On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> development), and I really don't think the most important problems we >> might face in this regard are Debian-specific in any way, but that >> they depend instead on the way society is structured, education, >> expectations put on women, and the patriarchy in general.
You are right in many ways. The most annoying part is when one is told to know-tow because of the persons age (which I respect but it does not mean everything they say is right.) which is something women hear a lot. There are other problems but not appropriate for this list. Apologies in advance if my mail sounds like a rant but its more a local (India) perspective, not entirely Debian-specific. > Do you ever wonder if it's in fact a problem that needs to be fixed at > all? Maybe it's true that no matter how much encouragement and > positive gender roles you give to girls for nerdy subjects like > computers or technology, they just have a natural predisposition to > not be attracted to them. We are a startup which uses Debian as our main development platform and recently hired the second woman, a fresher, to work with us. Ideally I dream to have women forming half the team. If encouraged they are willing to learn but getting them to ask questions on the lists is a bigger challenge. I am not sure how to accomplish the latter. > I sometimes wonder why nobody seems to be in a rush to encourage more > boys to knit, bake cookies, or take up sewing. The nicest men I know cook very well, much better than me :) and icing if they could knit and sew too ;) -- Vid || http://www.svaksha.com ||
