[UbuntuWomen] Ubuntu4gilrs

[bapoumba]

On 9/28/07, Mariwal Jordão <mariwal at mariwal.net> wrote:
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> For all:
> I'm sorry if my project upset/ofend you.
> I'm a Ubuntu fan, and my intention is just introduce "girls" in a wonderful
> world that Ubuntu have.
> It's more than a "pink" Ubuntu, is a new concept, recentlly I ready that in
> my country the girls are half of computers user. Ubuntu alread have all
> softwares, just click one button and was done. My students love this
> feature.
>
>
> Mariwal Jordao
>
Hello Mariwal :)

So you see that naming a project after a gender (ubuntu4girls), and
associating to this gender well established stereotypes (girls like
pink) triggers lots of discussion and disagreements on the
ubuntu-women mailing list (are you subscribed? If not, please see
[1]).


Why not rename your project with "pink" rather than "girls"? This way,
anyone who likes pink, whether male of female, younger or older, can
benefit :)

Regards,
Isabelle.

[1]
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-women/2007-September/001101.html
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-women/2007-September/001119.html
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-women/2007-September/001122.html
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-women/2007-September/001133.html
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-women/2007-October/001137.html
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-women/2007-October/001142.html

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