GitHub donates private repositories to women learning open source software

Post by cosmez » Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 10:40 PM UTC

eridius wrote: post #105

cosmez wrote: post #87

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That last paragraph is exactly the reason i hate this sexist talks, it doesn't matter if its the boys or girls that are complaining.. I don't know if that's the case in the place you are living right now but, if you think that being a boy or a girl its an advantage then you are part of that problem.. Boys will always be boys, ignore them and move on.

If you can't recognize that men have a vast amount of privilege compared to women, then I don't really know what to say. Last year a man named Geordie Tait posted an article called "To My Someday Daughter"[1]. It's quite long, but definitely worth reading. The context is gaming, but the central thesis is sexism. One quote from the article that really opened my eyes to how radically different men and women view the wo…

Post by marquis » Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 10:44 PM UTC

juridatenshi wrote: post #113

eridius wrote: post #54

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Yes, I too am offended that an organization would dare donate anything to the Ada Initiative. Since we obviously live in a post-sexist egalitarian society, any sort of donation to one organization is clearly discriminatory against those not part of or benefitting from the organization! I'm pretty damn sure GitHub can't affect the salaries of women that aren't direct employees of them. In what way does GitHub doing wh…

Agreed with you about the donations. Tangentially, it would be cool if GitHub had more diversity in their software engineering staff - that is something they have control over.

Post by marquis » Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 10:47 PM UTC

byroot wrote: post #62

Voidkom wrote: post #19

For those crying sexism, go take a look at the amount of women in the business, now THAT's what sexism looks like.

Go take a look at the amount of men in the business of midwifing, it's even worse. Is there anything that prevent a men to work in this field ? I know a guy who did, so I can tell you: Nothing. If we lack of women in CS it's mostly because women themselves thinks it's not attractive, just like they don't see trucker, or construction worker as attractive jobs. For the same reason teaching, widwifing, etc lack of mens.…

Post by dsyph3r » Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 10:49 PM UTC

redidas wrote: post #96

dsyph3r wrote: post #40

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I think you're missing the point.

I think github's missing the point. To encourage a group to do open source we provide them with private repositories? I get how this group may feel hesitant to post something in the open source world, but so was I, and I'm a guy. Here's an analogy that maybe fits: Consider you meet someone that's afraid of flying. Do you say "come with me, I'll show you its safe" or do you say "here's a bunch of train and bus passes"

Post by jubalfh » Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 11:19 PM UTC

sneak wrote: post #109

The fact that they partnered with the destructive and notorious Ada Initiative is disappointing. They are little more than concern-trolls, and they are doing far more to hinder equality than promote it. GitHub is full of great people and poor choices like this are incongruent. PS: This isn't male privilege speaking - The Ada Initiative is disliked (for very good reason) by feminists of both genders.