Re: [issues] Automatic associations

1999-11-01 Thread Amanda Knox
Terri Oda wrote: > A friend of mine sent this to our mailing list and I thought some of you > would find it interesting: > > http://depts.washington.edu/iat/index.html Very cool tests! I did all three, and found out some very interesting results (that I'm not very proud of *laugh*) For the r

Re: [issues] Something I've observed

1999-11-01 Thread Amanda Knox
> > So, if you wish to exclude men from your chapter meetings, I think > that's fair. It's unfortunate, but it would be > unrealistic/idealistic/foolish of me to insist otherwise. > > - deb > True enough. I hope we never do this at the Ottawa meeting, though. I think the nice thing about the Lin

Re: [issues] Depression & geeks

1999-10-27 Thread Amanda Knox
NOTE: If we're off-topic here, someone let me know, k? I'm trying to decide if 'depression among geeks' counts as a women/linux issue. We are mostly talking about women in the linux community (ourselves) but still... I'm afraid of moving the conversation over to [grrltalk] due to the large amount

Re: [issues] Re: Responsible Aults RANT=.2

1999-10-26 Thread Amanda Knox
Vinnie Surmonde wrote: > > > And my exwife never did ANY housework...if we wanted clean clothesI did > > them. If we wanted clean dishes, I washed 'em. > > The point is that that is the exception -- becoming less so, but the > 'rule' (in this case, more common situation) is that housework

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

1999-10-22 Thread Amanda Knox
Nils Philippsen wrote: > On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, ae wrote: > > > Explaining sexism to a male is really difficult, though gay/bi men will > > sometimes understand if they are gorgeous. > > Objection, Your Honours! Some males grasp sexism and some don't, it's just > the same as with females (though

Re: Why I Find Those Screenshots Offensive [issues]

1999-10-22 Thread Amanda Knox
Neil ''Fred'' Picciotto wrote: > but here's where the implied intended audience comes in. if LinuxUserA > chooses as the sample file in gimp an image that is clearly designed for > men to enjoy, then the screenshot tends to imply that the intended audience > for that screenshot is male. now b

Re: [issues] Screenshots (Issues and non?Answers:)

1999-10-22 Thread Amanda Knox
Hmm...on the topic of 'demoralizing' screenshots and locker room antics... - I think if someone has demoralizing views of the opposite sex, those views were probably put in place long before they started picking their KDE backgrounds. I don't really have a strong opinion either way when it come