[clug] Open Source Software's Dirty Little Secret

[Daniel Pittman]

Jack Kelly <endgame.dos at gmail.com> writes:
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Daniel Pittman <daniel at rimspace.net> wrote:
>
>> A specific example would be someone claiming that the low participation of
>> women in IT or FOSS is a result of inherent gender differences, rather than of
>> IT and FOSS being an environment that excludes women and, so, deliberately
>> keeps their participation low.
>>
>> (...or, y'know, "she wore a short skirt, so she had it coming")
>
> Huh? Is there some sort of Godwin's law about gender discussion that
> means someone will sooner or later reference rape? This point would've
> worked better without the snark.

> You're making good, solid points. You don't need to do stuff like that.

You are right about the snark.  Rereading this with some distance, thanks to
time, I can also see that it came out as a lot nastier and more unpleasant
than when the comment existed only in my head.

Sorry.
      Daniel

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