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Fedora Welcomes Women to FOSS
nman64 writes "The Fedora Project, the project behind the Fedora Core Linux distribution, has introduced Fedora Women, a program to reach out to women who are interested in using and contributing to Fedora Core. This follows in the footsteps of LinuxChix, Debian Women, and Ubuntu Women and is part of a larger trend to support women in the FOSS world. At present, women are believed to make up only about 1.5% of the FOSS community. Is that finally set to change?"
Yes, I think it would coincide with the year of the Linux desktop
Claiming women's "natural inclination" or interest is to not participate in free software projects is about as sexist a viewpoint as you can possibly achieve.
You do realize that there are differences between men and women? Biological and psychic. Women can give birth, men can't. Women also have different interests than men. Without any doubt, their interests and talents are given by thousands of years of evolution. Trying to "defeat" nature is ridiculous and actually a feminist approach.
The best way to get women to is to point out that if they get involved with FOSS, they WILL get laid with no effort, no matter how repulsive they are, just due to the odds.
Oh, come one. We all know that no women anywhere wants to have sex with anyone and to titillate us with any thoughts otherwise is just bogus.
If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.
This is a well-documented fact.
Women do not like to have sex. They only do it to gain some advantage.
This is why smart guys don't stare at hot women, because they know nothing can come of it except sexual frustration.
This is also why men suffer so many mental disorders. Because of the not-so sublimated frustration of never getting what they really want without some major strings attached. They all dream of sexual experiences with beautiful women but they can never get it unless they pay the price. And this is where pornography comes in.