// People should lose their jobs over things like sexual or any type of harassment // It's not just the Minsky issue that makes people don't want RMS to be in

// People should lose their jobs over things like sexual or any type of harassment // It's not just the Minsky issue that makes people don't want RMS to be in power. It's also a pattern of sexual harassment towards women, since long back, in conferences and MIT. They can be found online, idk whether there is an article that details everything. I think most just want him not to be in a position of power. Just copying another comment from a flagged HN post below: Here's some readings on why many don't want RMS in a leadership position. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21287006 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21287006 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20994216 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20994216 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26545420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26545420 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26535789 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26535789 [5] https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2019/joint-statement-on-the-gnu-project/ https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2019/joint-statement-on-the-gnu-pr... . . Some well-regarded papers on sexism in CS, which are still relevant. [1] Why are There so Few Female Computer Scientists (Ellen Spertus, 1991) https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7040 https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7040 [2] How to Encourage Women in Linux (Val Henson, 2002) https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/ https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/ [3] What Happens to Us Does Not Happen to Most of You (Kathryn S. McKinley, 2018) https://www.sigarch.org/what-happens-to-us-does-not-happen-to-most-of-you/ https://www.sigarch.org/what-happens-to-us-does-not-happen-t... [4] Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing (Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher, 2001) https://www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Clubhouse-Women-Computing-Press/dp/0262632691 https://www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Clubhouse-Women-Computing-P... [5] The Elephant in the Valley (by Michele Madansky and Trae Vassallo, 2015) https://www.elephantinthevalley.com/ https://www.elephantinthevalley.com/