Why women don't FLOSS
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Why women don't FLOSS
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Re: Why women don't FLOSS
#2Hmm, I'm not buying all their arguments. From the article: "However, the extent of the problem is not funny...Almost half of the women have been asked out. "
On college campuses, probably 80-90% of women have been asked out. Does that prevent women from going to college?
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#3Hmm, I'm not buying all their arguments. From the article: "However, the extent of the problem is not funny...Almost half of the women have been asked out. " On college campuses, probably 80-90% of women have been asked out. Does that prevent women from going to college?
Yes but there are major differences:
- In college you're not interacting only through the Internet
- Even though you might be popular, you're not going to have that many guys asking you out.
- But the main thing is at work, or when practicing your hobby, you're not expecting to be bugged very often by people probing for a relationship...
Re: Why women don't FLOSS
#4Hmm, I'm not buying all their arguments. From the article: "However, the extent of the problem is not funny...Almost half of the women have been asked out. " On college campuses, probably 80-90% of women have been asked out. Does that prevent women from going to college?
Yes but there are major differences: - In college you're not interacting only through the Internet - Even though you might be popular, you're not going to have that many guys asking you out. - But the main thing is at work, or when practicing your hobby, you're not expecting to be bugged very often by people probing for a relationship...
"But the main thing is at work, or when practicing your hobby, you're not expecting to be bugged very often by people probing for a relationship..."
Thats silly, for many folks (for good or for ill), it is through work or their hobbies that they meet new people.
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#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes but there are major differences: - In college you're not interacting only through the Internet - Even though you might be popular, you're not going to have that many guys asking you out. - But the main thing is at work, or when practicing your hobby, you're not expecting to be bugged very often by people probing for a relationship...
"But the main thing is at work, or when practicing your hobby, you're not expecting to be bugged very often by people probing for a relationship..." Thats silly, for many folks (for good or for ill), it is through work or their hobbies that they meet new people.
Not quite. You're socializing (including taking on new hobbies) to meet new people, yes. But you're not passioned by your hobby (say History or computers) because you want to socialize ... And if you're into say long distance running that's not to have all the guys -who otherwise might have run faster- start slowing down just to look at your butt ...
Re: Why women don't FLOSS
#6In my experience women are less involved in FLOSS because they gravitate more heavily towards institutional jobs where IT staff learn whatever systems the company uses. FLOSS expertise is concentrated in people who use software independently before they use it organizationally.
This is not intended as a sexist post or a comment on differences in capabilities between genders. I've seen capable women who find it harder to get employment than their male peers, and think there are sexist pressures in the workforce that make it a lot harder for women to work as independent consultants. So I know a lot less who worry about Hadoop.
Re: Why women don't FLOSS
#7We shall not rest until every subgroup of the population has perfectly proportional representation in every possible activity!
Re: Why women don't FLOSS
#8Hmm, I'm not buying all their arguments. From the article: "However, the extent of the problem is not funny...Almost half of the women have been asked out. " On college campuses, probably 80-90% of women have been asked out. Does that prevent women from going to college?
I wish I had the problem of those women (being asked out too often).
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#9I take issues with some parts of the article:
"She presents the following reasons: CS jobs are clean jobs and they don't require much physical force. It's a typical tertiary activity that can even be conducted while staying home!
What's interesting is that the arguments used are well, sexist"
Huh? Can somebody explain what is sexist about those arguments? Because it implies that women might have less physical strength than men on average? Is there a debate about that?
"women, who normally still assume a disproportionate amount of domestic responsibilities."
Is that true? If so, why, and maybe that would be a more suitable starting place for striving for equality?
Re: Why women don't FLOSS
#10Hmm, I'm not buying all their arguments. From the article: "However, the extent of the problem is not funny...Almost half of the women have been asked out. " On college campuses, probably 80-90% of women have been asked out. Does that prevent women from going to college?
I wish I had the problem of those women (being asked out too often).
Look at it on the bright side: since you're forced to ask, at least you get to choose ... :)