On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 12:07, Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote: > At 2005-08-19 13:32:33 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > the prevailing atmosphere??? > > Right. I can answer that question better now, mostly by having studied > the responses in this thread. Let's have a look, shall we? > > 1. Denial. "What's wrong with the atmosphere, dammit?" > > 2. Proof-by-anecdote that everything is just fine. > > 3. Cheap digs disguised as humour. You know, the kind where, if anyone > objects, one can look injured and say, "But it was a joke! Don't > women have a sense of humour?" > > 4. "If only women bothered to show up more often, they'd see that > everything is really all right." > > 5. "We've done all we can. It's up to someone else now." > > Oh, and when the subject of encouraging women to participate *does* come > up, there's usually this undercurrent of "Yeah, we need more hot chicks > in this group, man!" > > The consequent feeling: Ugh. Better not get involved. > > -- ams
Thanks ams- i agree with all your points. I want to add another one, which i have mentioned in my response to Pankaj- the freedel blog has a posting (the top one) by raju which has an offensive "attempt at humour". I would like to emphasise yet again- these "jokes" are not a reflection of a good sense of humour. And when a woman like me raises an objection, it is NOT a case of being oversensitive- if you can't see that and continue to behave like that- yes, women will be put off. I will be much obliged if i don't have to see "jokes" like that again on this list or on the blog. Regards, Hassath _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
