I think its awfully presumptuous to think that the LinuxChix dont want to meet LinuxGuys.
I'd turn up but Im pretty sexy so I fear that I would be singled out and ogled and drooled over. I do admit that it is a possibility that my mere presence would attract a greater female attendance to the LinuxChix meetings but I refuse to prostitute myself for the Linux cause like this. D On 0, Kevin Saenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The utterly stupid thing that we have here is that > a bunch of males are the ones who have an opion on this topic > So far I have no seen any thing from the ladies side. > Does this mean that men have to stick their nose on other peoples > business? Or is it that they want to control what happens? > Reguardless of your position. > > :) > > > I am a guys - but would love to meet linux chix. > > > > And comments like that are why LinuxChix exists, I suspect. > > > > > Computer groups are anti social enough, without having a seperate > > groups > > > for gals. > > > > It's like the Debian-SIG in my mind. If you're not interested in > > Debian, it > > doesn't matter. Don't go. If you have a special interest that you'd > > like > > to have get-togethers for, then go and organise one. Other peoples > > hobbies > > and interests aren't your concern. Women that go to SLUG are allowed > > to > > meet each other while you're not looking. It's not a crime, or even in > > any > > way unreasonable. > > > > You could always try to start a "LinuxGuys", but I suspect most people > > don't > > see any point in doing so. I certainly don't see any. There's plenty > > of > > men using Linux that a special support group and general social > > get-together > > would be totally redundant. I can however see plenty of merit in > > LinuxChix. > > > > If there's a problem, then it's not with LinuxChix. Calling LinuxChix > > anti-social is, in my opinion, a symptom of the problem that causes it > > to > > exist. Comments like "would love to meet linux chix" are hardly likely > > to > > make women feel welcome and feel equally respected in the community, > > and > > that is great shame. > > > > If everytime I went to a LUG meeting or posted to a list I felt that > > everyone was "checking me out" or thinking "he uses linux! And he's a > > guy! > > Phwoar!" or otherwise making my gender by the major issue in every thing > > I > > do in the community, I would be extremely uncomfortable. There's far > > more > > to me than the fact that I'm a man, and I suspect most women have a > > similar > > opinion of themselves. > > > > Put yourself in women's shoes; don't you think there's a reasonable > > chance > > you might be offended by people that posted what you just did? Doesn't > > that > > alone justify the existence of LinuxChix? > > > > I hope I'm not being too presumptuous in defending LinuxChix like > > this, > > seeing as I'm not a member and know relatively little about it and its > > motivations (heck, I don't even know if I'm capitalising its name > > correctly > > :). What I have heard about them has been quite positive, though. > > > > And finally, apologies for the length. I fear this has grown into a > > little > > bit of a rant :( > > > > Regards, > > > > -Andrew. > > > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Kevin Saenz > Security Analyst > mobile: +61418455661 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
