[Womoz] Womoz Digest, Vol 11, Issue 10

[Majken Connor]

I'm sorry, I didn't find this article offensive to women. I can clearly see
that the author doesn't agree with all the stereotypes about women being
incapable. However the author is more than happy to stereotype back and
includes some blatant lies.


On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Kate Guernsey
<katie at mozillafoundation.org>wrote:

> Majken-
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> 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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