Hi All, I just saw this longish thread and was just going to read it and delete until I read this .... so please take my .02 paise with a pinch of salt !!
On 8/20/07, Jeremy Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Holy crap. What kind of world do we live in when a freaking t-shirt has to > be analyzed for political correctness. Its not about being PC, but about a single individual volunteer/human being (here many women and men) finding a typical characterisation offensive and choosing to voice themselves. Surely women can speak up for themselves cant they ! > Did anyone see the boobs on the > picture of this t-shirt… ? I would think that would mean that this t-shirt > would be for ladies. Its about singling a particular gender and drawing attention to them and also the wording. ".. for ladies" tends to imply (even if unintentional) that women dont use Linux. That is a problem as we are still a minority (around 2% in FOSS). > I think everyone in the Ubuntu Community is awesome no > matter what their gender, race, religion, etc… I agree with you 101% .... and the community is what drew me to Ubuntu 3 years ago. I dont even work in the IT industry and yet volunteer simply coz I like the community. Talking of Linux in my country (India), hardly any women volunteer in the Linux community from India. We are a handful volunteers (almost negligible) while the Indian IT industry has above 40% women working (read, paid workers). Its not related to this issue but does not help making it an inclusive effort either. > A t-shirt is not to hurt feelings. It is to brag that you are part of this > community. > I would wear "Ubuntu for blonde haired, blue eyed, male, that likes to cook > and > ski on his free time" if it would make a difference. The neat thing about > freedom ... but I would still not wear any t-shirt with "...for ladies" splashed across. I would prefer "Ubuntu-Women.org" on it instead. -- Vid http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/VidAyer -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
