Re: [issues] Women and the Open Source Community (was screenshots)

[jenn]

ae wrote:

> But when it comes at me from a geek, that group that I finally thought I
> belonged to.  When that place where I can reduce my guard and talk my
> mind, and sure, get challenged and argued with (thank god) but as a human
> being, when I see evidence of playground smut there, well it cuts deep.
> It says to me that this is a closed group that I do not belong to, and
> never can, and doesn't want me except as a plaything.

As a late-teen (16-20ish), I used preconceptions for my own purposes, and 
did my share of overturning them.

I was in the SF-gamers community. I'm damn good at wargaming. I'd come with
a friend, get mistaken for their girlfriend, and would go up to a group
starting a wargame and ask if they could teach me to play.

I didn't often win (unfamiliar with the game they happened to be playing, 
usually), but I ALWAYS surprised them. It was fun.

And it was empowering. And earned me my place. Annoying to have to earn it,
yes, but .. hey. That's life.




Jenn V.
-- 
  Humans are the only species to feed and house entirely separate species 
     for no reason other than the pleasure of their company. Why?

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