-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 You clearly missed the lesson on whitespace, and actually using the enter key. Please go back and learn it, because your posts are very painful to read otherwise - to the point where people just ignore them.
And i suspect you'd do well to read this: http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/04/13/how-to-not-be-an-asshole-a-guide-for-men/ I can't really see the point in making any other comments, not only due to the lack of readability of the mail, other than to reiterate the suggestion of reading the above article. Hobbsee Jeremy Anderson wrote: > > Melissa had directed me to this study also. Thank you both for sending > me to the site. I have finally read the documents on this and I have to > say that I have more understanding of what you are talking about but the > study has a lot of flaws. First off out of the industry there are very, > very few people that would cooperate in a study like this. Many because > they are just too darn busy. So, IMHO, I don't think think the numbers > could ever be right. Second, because I have been in this industry for > as long as I have I have seen many many many women excel and love the > industry. Have they had some difficulties with a minority of "asses" > that may be educated in technology? Surely.... but educated in the > technology doesn't mean educated in morality. All of the great minded > women that I have dealt with have said that they give very little > thought to it because these are close minded people and know matter how > hard you fight the system and them they will more than likely not ever > change. There are too many good minded people in the industry to make > the minority be a problem to them. What point am I making. No matter > how many studies or how well you know what you are doing there is always > going to be someone that doesn't get it. Back to my original > e-mails.... These close minded people have no power over someone that > knows who they are. Male or female. Are there going to be more women > move toward technology? Maybe, maybe not. Do I want there to be? > Anyone that is qualified to do the job at hand has my thumbs up. If > they are not quite qualified but have the intention to be, they get a > thumbs up. The ones that saturate this market with half heartedness, > that I think is plaguing the industry, should be targeted and relieved > of there positions. Most of the people that women are dealing with in > the issue we are discussing come from this group of people. Why? > Because they know they don't know what they should and feel better by > trying to bring down their peers. I have more to say on this but I > really need to work. I will read the documents from the study again in > case I missed something. Just remember before you flame me. I am for > women growing in this industry... > > Jeremy > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG1CMb7/o1b30rzoURAsQzAJ9XXrAyj/mcTUgKxoYTKwFjo4RmcgCdEQYT jJlpWJPc8j9hW4vFQ6acXSQ= =7mMJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
