Why there are few women in IT, redux
(To see where this started, go back to the first post.)
Mostly I just wanted to post a couple of articles from Bruce Byfield, specifically referencing sexism in the FOSS movement, but I think it applies to all of IT, or any technical field for that matter. I thought his arguments were presented in a very professional, non-confrontational manner. It’s not surprising that a lot of men take it as a personal attack, however.
The second one is actually about the fallout from the first one, and what a fallout it was. I won’t even bother talking about the comments this time (specifcally I’m looking at Slashdot, here), since it would cause one to despair on the future of the human race. And I thought the comments over at the Register were bad! It should come as no surprise that the article itself got tagged “troll” by the mysoginistic members of the audience.