Re: [issues] Conversation monopolization

[Mary Gardiner]

On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 05:29:13PM -0500, Caitlyn Martin wrote:
> ...or to be condescended to or treated to a barrage of sexist comments.  This is
> why most Linux-using women I know are no longer on our local LUG mailing list,
> or even participating in that group.  It's gotten better with time, from what
> I understand, but since there is techtalk, and I can usually get my questions
> answered there, and since I don't feel any sense of community with those guys,
> I don't feel the need to try and find out what the LUG is like now that a year
> and a half plus has passed since I unsubscribed.

Fortunately, although most of the computing environments I'm involved in
are, while 97% male, not overtly sexist.

HenceI am fortunate in that I can use linuxchix to complement them,
intead of replacing them.

Mary.

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