2008/12/27 Всеволод Величко <torkvem...@nigma.ru>: > 2008/12/27 Amaya <am...@debian.org>: >> When I reflected upon my need for approval, I also found my answer to >> the one million dollars question: Why are there so few women in >> computing? >> For me, the patriachy is an acceptable answer. Find your own, it is an >> enlightment trip, and you do not need to aome to my same answer. > > As for me, if someone is not interested in something, why he must be > involved to it? E. g., Debian community has not so many members from > Saint Helena island, and what does it mean? Discrimination? Something > else? No, their majority probably don't use internet at all, and the > rested are not interested in Debian.
The total population of Saint Helena is significantly smaller (<5000 people) than the total population of women in countries in which Debian is used (and where internet access is readily available, etc), so your comparison is not a fair one. > So why we are not accusing > communtiy of discriminating Saint Helena inhabitants? :) I think that if a Debian developer posted an off-topic message to the mailing list in which people from Saint Helena were talked about in a derogatory fashion, it would be reasonable for that to be regarded as discriminatory, especially if the OP was unrepentant. > Hopefully, no Debian members will be against women joining to Debian. > But as we have no discrimination, they should satisfy all requirements > put in for all candidates. No more :) FWIW, I agree, as long as the "we have no discrimination" statement is a promise that is kept. Regards, Sam PS. [OT] If you are unfamiliar with the general arguments in favour of having a women's movement even where a nominally equivalent men's movement does not exist - in this case, for having a "debian women" group even if there is no "debian men" group - you may find it useful to read Germaine Greer's "The Female Eunuch", which is widely available[1]. Besides, it's an important book and IMHO worth reading because of its historical significance, even if you don't like it (although I do like it). [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/ISBN_0-374-52762-8