[UbuntuWomen] Ubuntu Women Sessions for Ubuntu Open Week

[Elizabeth Krumbach]

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Elizabeth Krumbach <lyz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> I mentioned previously that Mackenzie and I were working on some
> Ubuntu Women sessions for Ubuntu Open Week:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek
>
> We'll be hosting two sessions, back to back:
>
> Thu 5 Nov @ 20:00 UTC: Ubuntu Women: Women in Open Source - Issues
> Thu 5 Nov @ 21:00 UTC: Ubuntu Women: Women in Open Source - Encouragement
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Just a quick reminder that these are going to be happening in about 22.5 hours.

> but I think it would be great to get some real stories or scenarios
> within open source where you may have felt uncomfortable because of
> your gender. Or fellas - do you have stories anywhere in life where
> your gender made you feel awkward that I could use to draw parallels?
> Feel free to email me off-list, the examples in my presentation will
> be handled anonymously.

Anyone have anything else before the session tomorrow? So far my
examples pretty much center around some of the stories I've been
exposed to that have made some women feel less welcome (marriage
proposals from strangers upon learning they use linux, being -or
feeling like- you're the only woman in a room/project/irc channel/etc,
being in the audience at an event where the speaker makes remarks
assuming the audience is all male, assumptions being made that you're
somewhere as a "girlfriend" and the resulting shock when people learn
you're actually involved).

Thanks! :)

-- 
Elizabeth Krumbach // Lyz // pleia2
http://www.princessleia.com