[clug] Open Source Software's Dirty Little Secret

[Eyal Lebedinsky]

I'll bite then, Jessica,

If I read this correctly then you are suggesting that somehow men and women
bring something else to the party. I thought that an earlier thread attempted
to establish that there is equality of skills that should lead to equality
of participation (and lamented it not being so, mainly blaming men).

I actually agree with you. Men and women, as a generalization, do have
differences (beyond the obvious) which often make them pick different
fields of interest, different roles and different passions. But YMMV.

What do I want women to bring to FOSS? Same as from anyone else: whatever
you enjoy and are good at. Play to your strengths.

Do I want more women participating? No I don't. They will if they want
and will stay away if they don't. FOSS is not different than any other
social situation where equal participation is rarely found.

cheers
	Eyal

Jessica Fryer wrote:
> Well that's thet textbook answer but are you really looking for more of the
> exact same?
> 
> Are there any areas where a woman's influence might reverse a negative
> trend, for example?
> 
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Adam Thomas <adam.lloyd at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> The advantage would be a bigger community with more contributers and
>> users. More skills and more ideas.
>>
>> I'd like you to do what ever it is you want to contribute. If you want
>> to contribute code then contribute code! If there are other things
>> that you want to contribute then do them too or instead of. Women
>> should be able to make exactly the same contributions as men. That's
>> what equality is about.

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Eyal Lebedinsky	(eyal at eyal.emu.id.au)