<p dir="ltr">Having an effective, visible anti-harassment policy is a great way to encourage women to attend and participate.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 18, 2013 8:00 AM, "Yves Quemener" <<a href="mailto:quemener.yves@free.fr">quemener.yves@free.fr</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I can understand the dating sites thing, but the social network? I do not<br>
find it awkward to add someone to my contacts if I had a 2 hours technical<br>
discussion or working session with. It could be courting, sure, but it<br>
could also be simple convergence of interests.<br>
<br>
The one you propose seem even more unjustified and hard to enforce. When I<br>
meet someone with interesting projects, it seems natural to google what he<br>
or she did achieve in the past.<br>
<br>
However, here is a proposal for women who fear they could be stalked online<br>
: do as do many gray-to-black hats, political bloggers, and several<br>
demomakers : use a pseudonym. If Mary Sue does not want to see a dozen geek<br>
try to friend her on facebook, she can give another name (I however<br>
consider it polite to mention it is a pseudonym but this may be just me).<br>
Several persons (all males with a concern for privacy) did this. Our public<br>
list of members only give their pseudonym.<br>
<br>
I would argue that this rule, however, is more an anti-harassment rule than<br>
a way to promote a more balanced gender ratio.<br>
<br>
On 18/01/13 12:45, Bill French wrote:<br>
> Greetings, again, from heavily armed, definition crazed, white, male,<br>
> America! "America: Why are we so dumb?"<br>
><br>
> /Rule #1: When a girl comes through the doors, do NOT try to find<br>
> her on social networking or dating sites!<br>
> /<br>
><br>
> It's weird to me that this is the only piece of practical (right or wrong,<br>
> it's practical to understand, if not implement) advice i've picked up in<br>
> this conversation. I really hope I didn't miss anything else. As a white,<br>
> male, 30ish person, president of a mostly male hackerspace (current list<br>
> has us at 15% female), i recognize that the attitude of "please, just tell<br>
> me what to do, so we can fix this!" is not very helpful, but short of going<br>
> for a masters in women's studies, i'm not sure where the middle ground is.<br>
> I don't even know if Women's Studies would be the right thing to study.<br>
> Maybe it is even offensive to say that. I don't know! I think basically<br>
> being called a clueless idiot who doesn't get it, especially based on<br>
> factors of my birth beyond my control, is not the middle ground, either. I<br>
> hate to see such "teaching moments" get wasted. I want to learn. Who here<br>
> wants to intentionally oppress women?<br>
><br>
> I do know that I love my mother, my wife, and my sister (all different<br>
> people, to be clear) and would not want them to ever feel uncomfortable or<br>
> unwelcome *anywhere* by *anyone*. But I don't know where to start to learn<br>
> how to be better, how to help other be better, and make our space the best<br>
> it can be, that is reasonably practical among everything else I need to do.<br>
> /I also want to hack./<br>
><br>
> ANYWAY, rule #1 bothers me, could rule #1 be changed somewhat:<br>
><br>
> Rule #1: This space respects personal privacy. All people entering<br>
> this space have a reasonable expectation of privacy. To that end, do<br>
> not Google, Facebook, or otherwise search for anyone, their families,<br>
> or their friends without explicitly asking them directly for<br>
> permission, first. Everyone is here for their own reasons. If you<br>
> want to know, ask them, wait for them to tell you, or mind your own<br>
> fucking business.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Thoughts?<br>
><br>
><br>
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