HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux
Val Henson
2002-10-29
| Revision History | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revision 1.1 | 2002-10-29 | Revised by: VH |
| Minor rewrites, typo fixes | ||
| Revision 1.0 | 2002-10-25 | Revised by: JYG |
| Fixed validation errors, added license, abstract, versioning, etc. | ||
| Revision .9 | 2002-10-01 | Revised by: VH |
| Initial version | ||
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Audience
- 1.2. What problem? Sexism is dead!
- 1.3. About the author
- 2. Why are there so few women in Linux?
- 2.1. Women are less confident
- 2.2. Women have fewer opportunities for friendship or mentoring
- 2.3. Women are discouraged from an early age
- 2.4. Computing perceived as non-social
- 2.5. Lack of female role models
- 2.6. Games, classes aimed towards men
- 2.7. Advertising, media say computers are for men
- 2.8. Life-work balance more important to women
- 2.9. Reasons women avoid Linux specifically
- 3. Do's and don't's of encouraging women in Linux
- 3.1. Don't tell sexist jokes
- 3.2. Do protest sexist jokes
- 3.3. Don't call people bitches
- 3.4. Do show some respect
- 3.5. Don't take the keyboard away
- 3.6. Do give directions and explain them clearly
- 3.7. Don't make sexual advances towards women
- 3.8. Do act friendly
- 3.9. Don't complain about the lack of women in computing
- 3.10. Do encourage women in computing
- 3.11. Don't stare and point when women arrive
- 3.12. Do treat new arrivals politely
- 3.13. Don't treat women stereotypically
- 3.14. Do treat women as normal people
- 3.15. Don't criticize too much
- 3.16. Do compliment
- 3.17. Don't invite only male speakers
- 3.18. Do ask women to speak
- 3.19. Don't micro-specialize
- 3.20. Do discuss broader topics
- 3.21. Don't make your meetings hard to attend
- 3.22. Do make meetings easy to attend
- 3.23. Don't make new people feel unwelcome
- 3.24. Do help new people get involved
- 3.25. Don't underestimate girlfriends or wives
- 3.26. Do treat girlfriends and wives as independent people
- 4. But I don't do that!
- A. LinuxChix
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