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

1999-10-21 Thread venable
Nils said: >Objection, Your Honours! Some males grasp sexism and some don't, ...snip... >it). Some people might consider your statement a rather sexist one, don't >you think? Just because a relevant share of males are chauvinist pigs, >this doesn't mean that this is true for all males. If you a

Re: [issues] Screenshots

1999-10-22 Thread venable
Brendan said: > I was "in" a quilting circle with an uncle >once... Oh please. This reminds me of the time I had one of my high school students tell me that he missed his math test because he was nursing a friend through the bubonic plague. ;-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linu

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

1999-10-22 Thread venable
Amanda Knox wrote: > However, > it saddens me to see a woman hide everything about herself that is 'feminine' in > order to fit in to a male-dominated community, I realize that the issue below wasn't what Amanda probably meant, but it certainly gives a whole new meaning to hiding one's "feminini

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

1999-10-23 Thread venable
Nicole said: >What was this society like before the militia group came in? Tribal African, Muslim (lots of Africa has Muslim influences), Christian? It sounds like the women had a fair degree of freedom before: another quote from the website: Prior to the Civil War and Taliban control, e

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

1999-10-23 Thread venable
Cat said: >I would personally find it more important for men to object to the sexism >that takes place out of women's earshot. I can defend myself, true, >and I would prefer to do so rather than have some guy jump in and do it >for me (in most cases). The place to combat it would be behind the