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"Despite the values of freedom and openness, the free culture movement’s
gender balance is as skewed (or more so) as that of the computing
culture from which it arose. Based on the collection and analysis of
discourse on gender and sexism within this movement over a six–year
period. I suggest three possible causes: (a) some geek identities can be
narrow and unappealing; (b) open communities are especially susceptible
to difficult people; and, (c) the ideas of freedom and openness can be
used to dismiss concerns and rationalize the gender gap as a matter of
preference and choice."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
