[UbuntuWomen] Women in Open Source Survey (Amber Graner)

[Elizabeth Krumbach]

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Mackenzie Morgan <macoafi at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think the two asking about whether you're recognized for being a
> woman or for your open source involvement was aimed at the "respected
> for knowledge or skills" bit.

Agreed, but even this one was weird and highly variable when it comes
to venue and how well-known you are. I answered this one based on
being at a general F/OSS event where people didn't know who I was (as
opposed to somewhere like UDS).

> As to the date thing...I suspect it's meant more for like "woah,
> there's a chick here! Will you go out with me?!" by strangers (cuz ya
> know...been there...), but I'm not sure how they could have worded it
> differently to distinguish between fetishizing a woman for being
> present at such-and-such event versus two equals going on a date.

Yeah, and the date thing has always been a controversial discussion
point in the F/OSS world. This section in the HOWTO Encourage Women in
Linux seeks explain this some (and why I suspect the question was
included): http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/x168.html#AEN191

But that's also feeling a bit dated now and was controversial even
when it was written.

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