Isn’t that rather an article about being a woman in India (and similar highly patriarchic societies) then about FOSS? It seems like all the examples given could have happened just the same in other online or offline communities. I am not saying that it is ok because of it happens so often, but lets not pretend this is solely a FOSS problem.
Why is it that there’s a need to invalidate the way this woman feels about her exclusion in these communities? Do you think that she hasn’t thought about this before posting? Is there a reason you assume the society you live in isn’t patriarchal?
It doesn’t seem to me that she is trying to disparage people in the community or the community either. She is talking particularly about the dismissal of her viewpoint and input about how the community enables harassment, and othering treatment of women.
This piece is a condemnation of the men that mistreat women. Not all men. And the responses that posts like this get often make me less trustful of a community. The down votes and the instant reaction to to downplay how she feels is likely to make me leave platforms, workplaces, classrooms, etc. Until I end up trusting no men at all.
Isn’t that rather an article about being a woman in India (and similar highly patriarchic societies) then about FOSS? It seems like all the examples given could have happened just the same in other online or offline communities. I am not saying that it is ok because of it happens so often, but lets not pretend this is solely a FOSS problem.
Why is it that there’s a need to invalidate the way this woman feels about her exclusion in these communities? Do you think that she hasn’t thought about this before posting? Is there a reason you assume the society you live in isn’t patriarchal?
It doesn’t seem to me that she is trying to disparage people in the community or the community either. She is talking particularly about the dismissal of her viewpoint and input about how the community enables harassment, and othering treatment of women.
This piece is a condemnation of the men that mistreat women. Not all men. And the responses that posts like this get often make me less trustful of a community. The down votes and the instant reaction to to downplay how she feels is likely to make me leave platforms, workplaces, classrooms, etc. Until I end up trusting no men at all.