Re: [LAU] [Fwd: Re: Fuck your sexism]

On 10.02.2013 21:14, SxDx wrote:
> Whatever I write would not be convincing. I am an asshole.
> I accept that.
>
> But! maybe the following argument would at
> least open up your mind on sexism.
>
> How did you come to linux? or hacking? or computer science?

my neighbor who is a girl installed for me my first rock linux. she is
still a hacker, my neighbor and one of my best friends.

cheers,

doc
> How does one human being come to that? Is there a special
> pattern?
>
> My bet is: no. It's pure random. At point t in time you
> don't care, at point t+dt you care and roll on.
>
> If this is right, why don't we find 50% of female humans,
> as in the general population?
>
> So there is a problem. You don't see it because you are
> males. All of you. No female friend to talk to you about
> what she lives. Dig a bit on the web. Recently several
> women in tech went public on how they are treated by
> you, males.
>
> That said, I already made my point, I won't pollute that
> list further. I'll stick to technical stuff. There is no
> point to fight with people who don't accept there is a problem.
>
> Thanks to Bill Gribble for finding better words I'll ever can.
> I doubt it will be useful though, but that's how desperate I am
> when there are other human beings involved.
>
> Happy music, happy hacking. And to hell with sexism.
>
> And Hermann, don't take it personally. I used guitarix for
> the guitar part.
> Well, nobody take that personally. It's more a "group behavior"
> that I see and you don't see because you're in it.
> Okay, enough noise.
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