"in the sense that they sick and tired of dealing with all the "oohh, titties!" comments that we men think is good natured humor, but gets old with women"
Unfortunatly, the men from the first group of posts are a part of reality that every women in the world will have to cope with for as long as mankind will walk the earth. Just like every ethnic man will have to cope with racism until we're all the same color. Stupidity is a bottomless pit, but everybody has to learn to live with it.
From what I've red from the second group of posts, nobody seams to be AGAINST a special community for women. We're just asking why is it needed since women are generally welcomed and appreciated in the world of IT.
"we'll find that women are interested in tech"
Do you really believe that a small bunch of horny geeks could really prevent a talented women who likes/is passionate about technology from entering the field ? Personally, I doubt so. I would look elsewhere.
Could it be that (like I red from another post) women are so different than men that they can't effectively communicate with us as much as with other women ? In this case, we're doomed, because the reason there aren't many women in IT is because there aren't many women in IT ! And we're caught in a vicious circle...
The only way I see out of this circle is to create a special community targetted at women where they can share their interests and ideas in their own language. There, I said it ! Well, thank you for your post, you helped me find an answer to my own question !:-)
I don't understand why we should PUSH to get women into FOSS or anywhere else in the world of IT. Not that I care... I mean, they are welcome but, isn't this the kind of thing you do just because you want to ? I never saw an urge to get boys interested in Barbie, did you ? Do we really NEED women that much in here ?
Give yourself some time. Soon enough, you will look like you're 6 again: Shitting in your pants and eating mood stabilizing M&Ms. You won't remember about nuclear weapons and abused children. You will be oblivious to the complexity of programming your VCR and be overly excited about finishing yet another word puzzle.
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What about the brillant paula bean ? http://thedailywtf.com/forums/thread/40043.aspx/
This software blew me away !
"in the sense that they sick and tired of dealing with all the "oohh, titties!" comments that we men think is good natured humor, but gets old with women"
:-)
Unfortunatly, the men from the first group of posts are a part of reality that every women in the world will have to cope with for as long as mankind will walk the earth. Just like every ethnic man will have to cope with racism until we're all the same color. Stupidity is a bottomless pit, but everybody has to learn to live with it.
From what I've red from the second group of posts, nobody seams to be AGAINST a special community for women. We're just asking why is it needed since women are generally welcomed and appreciated in the world of IT.
"we'll find that women are interested in tech"
Do you really believe that a small bunch of horny geeks could really prevent a talented women who likes/is passionate about technology from entering the field ? Personally, I doubt so. I would look elsewhere.
Could it be that (like I red from another post) women are so different than men that they can't effectively communicate with us as much as with other women ? In this case, we're doomed, because the reason there aren't many women in IT is because there aren't many women in IT ! And we're caught in a vicious circle...
The only way I see out of this circle is to create a special community targetted at women where they can share their interests and ideas in their own language. There, I said it ! Well, thank you for your post, you helped me find an answer to my own question !
Have a nice day !
I don't understand why we should PUSH to get women into FOSS or anywhere else in the world of IT. Not that I care... I mean, they are welcome but, isn't this the kind of thing you do just because you want to ? I never saw an urge to get boys interested in Barbie, did you ? Do we really NEED women that much in here ?
Don't worry.
Give yourself some time. Soon enough, you will look like you're 6 again: Shitting in your pants and eating mood stabilizing M&Ms. You won't remember about nuclear weapons and abused children. You will be oblivious to the complexity of programming your VCR and be overly excited about finishing yet another word puzzle.
Be patient...
I can already hear the feminists screaming for equality !