<p>i agree with Yves. <br>
Now changing this is a challenge, and i'd love to see in action what i often read in words.<br>
Love,<br>
Phil.</p>
<p><blockquote type="cite">Le 2 oct. 2010, 12:27 PM, "Yves Quemener" <<a href="mailto:quemener.yves@free.fr">quemener.yves@free.fr</a>> a écrit :<br><br><p><font color="#500050">On 10/02/2010 11:04 AM, Alexandre Dulaunoy wrote:
> For sharing with you,
>
> Leah Buechley and Ben...</font></p>Honestly, I am tired of this sexist crap...<br>
<br>
"Even if computing and electrical engineering communities were perfectly<br>
welcoming (which they are not) most people (both male and female, but<br>
disproportionately female) will choose not to participate."<br>
<br>
In all hackerspaces I have seen, girls are more than welcomed. I would like<br>
that people stop stating the contrary as a fact. They just don't come in<br>
the same number as men, for some reasons, but the lack of welcoming is<br>
certainly not one of them.<br>
<br>
"Building new clubhouses requires creativity of its proponents and risks<br>
charges of reinforcing stereotypes and existing status hierarchies. But,<br>
executed carefully and well (as I believe LilyPad has been), it suggests<br>
ways to reach the majority of people that no "unlocking" project will ever<br>
seem relevant to."<br>
<br>
Here is my point of view on this : hackerspaces tend to reject stereotypes<br>
and existing status hierarchy. If you are doing cool stuff, people do not<br>
really care wether you are male or female, white or black, young or old,<br>
rich or poor, academically educated or self-taught. In fact, most of your<br>
audience will know you only by a pseudonym and won't care much about the<br>
rest. Now, the people who come in and say "you should attract more girls by<br>
doing sewing", are the people who are trying to bring in some old<br>
stereotypes in places that lack them. I don't know, am I the only one<br>
shocked at the idea that hardware hacks, robotics and software security are<br>
supposed to be "men's stuff" while sewing blinking leds in clothes are<br>
supposed to be "girlie stuff" ?<br>
<br>
Sure, there are less girls in hackerspace because it is perceived as a<br>
boy's hobby. I personally think that this is wrong and that just shows a<br>
prejudice existing in the society as a whole. To change that, what we need<br>
is more female security experts, more female hardware hackers, more female<br>
robot makers but we don't need to make a new segregation between men's<br>
hacks and women's hacks, that would be just admitting defeat.<br>
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Iv
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