[Linux-aus] The Ada Initiative - Should Linux Aus etc

[David Lloyd]

Jon,

I'm going to assume that you can't read so I'll just post it again:

>> To those who ask who thinks this is a problem: The
>> women who have been writing in this thread have
>> been saying "this is a problem".

If you can't understand English then I could probably have that translated into some other languages if you wish.

Seriously.

DSL

On 24/02/2011, at 9:51 AM, Jon Jermey wrote:

> But -- with all respect -- do they have evidence that it is a problem? 
> Or are they merely saying it?
> 
> I moderate a discussion group for Golden Age detective fiction. The 
> male:female ratio, as far as I can establish it, is about 80:20. I would 
> love to believe there are hundreds of women on the Internet who are 
> aching for a chance to discuss John Dickson Carr in a caring supportive 
> environment, but there just isn't any reason to think so. As far as I 
> can tell all the women who want to be there are there, and all the women 
> who aren't there don't particularly want to be. The same is true of many 
> atheist discussion groups, some of which are currently going through the 
> same soul-searching process as this group. And you can substitute 
> 'non-English-speakers' or 'younger people' for 'women' and still say 
> exactly the same thing.
> 
> That's why I am asking: is there evidence? If there is, great, put it in 
> front of the decision-making groups and let them evaluate it and make 
> the appropriate choice. If there is not evidence, and someone wants to 
> look for it, then let's fund them to look, provided they have the 
> qualifications to do so. But so far I haven't heard anything to suggest 
> that anyone is inconvenienced by the current situation -- other than 
> those who want to assume that gender equivalence in every population is 
> somehow self-evident, and that any imbalance requires us to find a 
> scapegoat.
> 
> Your link takes me to an abstract of a book, but there are no 
> conclusions shown. What does the book conclude?
> 
> Jon.
> 
> On 23/02/11 16:18, elliott-brennan wrote:
>> 
>> To those who ask who thinks this is a problem: The
>> women who have been writing in this thread have
>> been saying "this is a problem". The issue itself
>> is an area of research:
>> 
>> http://www.google.com.au/search?q=gender+imbalance+information+technology&btnG=Search&hl=en&safe=off&sa=2
>> 
>> A big 'Up' to James:
> 
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