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[Caleb Marcus]

On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 10:37 -0500, Michelle Murrain wrote:

> 
> There was actually a very interesting conversation about that very issue 
> on the Ubuntu-women list a while back. One of the problems is that some 
> women feel that they can become a target of harassment if they use their 
>   full, real names. I know on IRC, since my whois has my real name, it 
> has been quite common for me to get harassing PMs on freenode, 
> especially if I'm hanging out on #ubuntu (which I rarely do anymore for 
> that very reason.)
> 
> So ... I'm not exactly sure what to suggest, but I just want to let 
> people know that it's not as simple as it appears.
> 
> Peace,
> Michelle
> -- 
> Michelle Murrain
> Coordinator, Nonprofit Open Source Initiative
> http://nosi.net
> 
> Skype: pearlbear
> AIM: pearlbear0
> 

Your whois? By that do you mean you have your real name listed under
username/real name? Most clients allow you to change that.
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