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[Daniel Pittman]

Jethro Carr <jethro.carr at jethrocarr.com> writes:
> On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 17:13 +1000, Daniel Pittman wrote:
>> Lucas Kiwi <lucaskiwi at rocketmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > Guys,
>
>> Don't forget that there are probably women on here, too, who might help answer
>> this question. ;)
>
> "guys" is a pretty generic term for "group of people" not just limited to
> males.

Mmmmm.  Using a gendered term like that makes me feel less than happy, even if
the intention is to be inclusive: it comes across as excluding women, or
making their contributions invisible, by assigning everyone the role of "man".

Given there are a whole bunch of gender-neutral terms that can replace it,
I would be a happier if we, as a community, made the tiny effort to be that
bit more inclusive.

Plus, women are an unfortunately rare part of the FOSS community as it is.
Even if this only helps a tiny bit to make them feel more welcome it seems
worthwhile to me.


Anyway, I don't want to make a big song and dance about this; I assume that
Lucas probably meant to include women, and it isn't aimed at anything
personal.

Regards,
        Daniel
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