[Linux-aus] How can we address gender imbalance in LA/AU-FLOSS? (Was: An Open Letter to the Open Source Community)

[Robyn M]

James

What is the ratio of men in FOSS comapred to men in wider ICT? Is this
the same ration with women?

Regards

Robyn

On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 12:12 +1000, James Purser wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 10:54 +0930, Kym Farnik wrote:
> > 
> > I think we should expect FLOSS to have the same gender proportions as
> > the ICT industry in general.   Meaning 20-25%.  To expect more is not
> > sensible.   For whatever reasons more males are attracted to ICT,
> > although females are just as capable.
> > 
> 
> I've been pondering this stat for a little while now. The disparity
> between the women in ICT vs women in FOSS is quite large, and I don't
> think it can be solely attributed to knuckle draggers.
> 
> Thoughts on why this is would be welcome.