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Revision as of 19:30, 14 May 2008
Overview
Women form a very small part of the open source software community. Estimates range from 1%-5% depending on the survey. Many people say they want to encourage more women in open source, but don't know how to go about this.
Issues
- Invisibility
- Condescension
- Sexism in advertising
- Sexism at conferences, user group meetings, etc
Incidents
- Linux Journal blowjob ad
- Adam Kennedy Playboy talk at OSDC
- Val Henson thought to be a man -- see this parody homepage