[Womoz] Womoz Digest, Vol 11, Issue 10

[Kate Guernsey]

Majken-

It starts at "Now, you certainly don't have to be obsessive and
single-focused to actually be a good coder, but you do to be *perceived* as
one. So if you're a woman, you're automatically not serious enough! Awesome,
no?"

goes until... "So I'm moving to DW for my feminist principles! \o/ "

And I'm not saying s/he is speaking to other females.  I'm saying s/he is
speaking to the "majority of her colleagues" which we know to be mostly
male.  My anecdote about how I relate to men at times illustrates this
pretty clearly.  Read it again (and my message) and I think you'll see it...
especially when she (I'm betting it's a woman) relates to being linked to
"Dorothea of Caveat Lector."

We can all agree it's poorly written... but we should recognize that she is
using a communication style that is pervasive in her network.  Perhaps that
can be a point of departure at Whistler... attempt to change inflammatory
communication!

Katie






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Kate Guernsey

Operations and Systems Wizard
Mozilla Foundation
650-903-0800‎ x438
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