discuss: Review needed of 'Encourage Women in Linux' HOWTO
Subject:
Re: Review needed of 'Encourage Women in Linux' HOWTO
From:
Machtelt Garrels ####@####.####
Date:
6 Dec 2003 13:28:14 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0312060714590.28446-100000@server1.us.soti.org>
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On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Raymond wrote:
> It may be just my opinion, but it seems to me that the 'Encourage Women
> in Linux' HOWTO is a lot less about getting men to encourage women to
> use Linux and more about male bashing.
>
> I think any person with a reasonably moderate disposition, who believes
> in fairness and equality for all people, will find the content of this
> document questionable with regard to how it is helping, men to, encourage
> women in Linux.
>
> Although there are some truths in the document, much of the information is
> overly opinionated and relies on sweeping generalizations--which can hardly
> be considered truth.
>
> Don't take my word for it though. Read it for yourself. Discuss it amongst
> a fairly mixed group of people.
You're absolutely right. And I'm a woman. I discussed this earlier with
a fair amount of people, and I even did a survey in our local Linux
community. I got a lot of dirt over me because I reacted and wrote my own
version, which is called Women in Linux HOWTO. It is was at
first as opinionated as the HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux HOWTO, I guess,
since it is a reaction. It's polished up a bit meanwhile, because the
first one cause a bit too much reaction from readers, but I've left it
unchanged since, at
http://tille.soti.org/cyberfeministe/HOWTO/
This was actually my first proposal to TLDP, but it was not a serious one,
I admit.
As I recall the discussions about this here and elsewhere, I'd rather see
that such HOWTO's don't join TLDP. I mean, what will we have next, a
Linux for Gays HOWTO, or a HOWTO Bi Linux? There's more important work to
do before we have time for such things.
Tille.
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My Penguin, my freedom. http://tille.soti.org
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