On Saturday 13 February 2010 00:51:16 Duncan wrote: > Anne Wilson posted on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:48:01 +0000 as excerpted: > > On Friday 12 February 2010 18:25:11 genericmaillists@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> speaking of lists... > >> > >> kde-women ? > >> > >> That is reverse sexism! > > > > Yes, since so few women find a niche in computing. However, on the > > whole the women associated with KDE don't feel the need to bang the drum > > in quite the same way that women in some other projects do. I'm not > > subscribed to that particular list, but if certain women find they have > > a common interest not otherwise catered for, why not? OTOH, I presume > > they would not turn away a man who had similar interests. > > The question that occurs to me in such cases is what would be the reaction > if there was a group/list called kde-men? I believe that would, arguably > justifiably, be considered sexist and offensive. By extension, kde-women > should be considered equally sexist and offensive. > That depends - if they accepted a woman who applied, on the grounds that she had similar interests, then it wouldn't be, even if the focus was on men. > But that's somebody else's windmill to tilt. And also very OT. Anne -- KDE Community Working Group New to KDE Software? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
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