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Why does an online forum about music software need to go out of its way to create a welcoming environment for women? Obviously if there was abuse, and misogyny

Why does an online forum about music software need to go out of its way to create a welcoming environment for women? Obviously if there was abuse, and misogyny going on it should be addressed but I don't see anything on that forum that is gendered at all really. To quote someone from the VCV forum "I dont get it… is somebody doing something not appropriate against a woman here?" EDIT: Why am I being downvoted? What makes that forum not welcoming for women? What needs to be changed?

Jedd 5y ago
I think the point was that 'the community' noticed the imbalance, and then spoke about it (refer the link in TFA [0]) and then ... nothing (useful) happened. It's slightly tangential to the seemingly quite hostile environment over there, but certainly not unrelated given the context, and the author's gender. [0] https://archive.is/vh3Ye https://archive.is/vh3Ye
- serverholic 5y ago
  That's what I'm asking. What (useful) thing should have happened? The only hostility I'm seeing is people reacting strongly to the implication that their forum isn't friendly to women.
  - Jedd 5y ago
    > That's what I'm asking. What (useful) thing should have happened? It is beyond my competence to answer that question, for a variety of reasons, mostly because I'm not especially active in the VCV community. Also I don't think equality of outcomes is always a laudable goal, but inequality of outcomes can certainly be an indicator of something being off upstream.