Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (930 mails)

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> 2010/6/18 Shayon Mukherjee <sj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > I suppose there are not many who would prefer to sit in front of xChat
> > and talk about development .But they are interested in such things and
> > we need to find better ways to coordinate with them .So yes , if you
> > dont see much of female population around openSUSE , it is kinda
> > 'women-unfreindly' :-) .
>
> That's a stretch. You are either friendly or unfriendly with users.
> Women or not, it makes no difference IMHO, and it should not be
> targeted in a special way. If they are interested in taking part to
> the community, I don't see anything that limits that (feel free to
> point me to something, I might have missed something).

That's one of the things I learned in the last 20 years of colored rights /
gay rights / women's rights - that if you're not part of the group that
feels excluded / disadvantaged then you don't see the things that are doing
it.  Few people discriminate deliberately, but many (including I) do it
without thought because we're not aware.  You become aware by asking and
listening.

David

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