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I just want to address your first point. The harassment women get is much, much worse than men. Me and my wife are both computer scientists, and have both giv
by CJefferson 15y ago
I just want to address your first point.
The harassment women get is much, much worse than men.
Me and my wife are both computer scientists, and have both given talks at many conferences. My wife and our female friends consistently get much more, and much worse, harassment than me and our male friends. There is no comparison, and over time I've seen it grind several women down to the point where they just give up (fortunately not my wife yet).
I think everyone should help to reduce the often hostile attitude in IT and FOSS in particular, and a fairly obvious part of that is to stop treating women so badly. Just treating them like everyone else would be a fine start.
- scott_s 15y agoIf you don't mind giving the information, what kind of conferences? Industry, academic or both?
- CJefferson 15y agoAcademic conferences are by far the best behaved, which makes sense because everyone there is (generally) being paid to go there by their university. In general people behave worse when there are less repercussions from work, so at conferences which are free / many people paid out of their own pocket, the behaviour is worse.