[Baypiggies] [ADMIN] Sexism alert (was Thoughts on commercial talks)

[Hasan Diwan]

https://books.google.com/books?id=Krq4fG08_38C&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Everyday+Language+of+White+Racism
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where one can purchase the book. -- H

On 18 March 2016 at 17:29, Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com> wrote:

> I'm marking this with the [ADMIN] tag to declare that any flaming or
> excessive discussion will be banned.  And overall it's not a big deal
> (particularly because I see few such examples on this list), but I've
> gotten to the point where I'm not willing to let casual microaggressions
> go unremarked, because keeping the Python community welcoming for
> everyone is critical.
>
> If you're not familiar with "microaggression", here are a couple of
> reference URLS:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microaggression_theory
>
>
> https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/microaggressions-in-everyday-life/201011/microaggressions-more-just-race
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016, jim wrote:
> >
> > * PyDoc: it's right there and still is badly underused. If there's a
> > way to get coders or someone connected with the coding team to comment
> > properly would be wonderful to know.  Perhaps re-evaluating the nice
> > lady who knows how to spell (the technical writer) could edit and
> > therefore enforce proper comments and develop copy-and-paste type
> > phrases and maybe paragraphs for common classes and functions.
>
> This is a triple-bogus sexist comment: it assumes that tech writers are
> women (which is statistically true but there are plenty of men tech
> writers -- I've been one -- and it reinforces a false perception that
> women *should* be tech writers instead of taking more technical roles);
> it assumes that women are "ladies" (which a lot of women dislike,
> particularly in the context of "act like a lady"); and it pushes the
> stereotype that women should be nice.
>
> I doubt that Jim intended the effect (that's why microaggressions are
> about unconscious biases), but I hope this explanation makes clear why
> it's problematic.
>
> My standard recommendation these days for people who want to understand
> better how language interacts with sexism/racism/etc is _The Everyday
> Language of White Racism_ (Jane Hill).  It only talks about racism, but
> it really opened my eyes to how language works to reinforce power
> differentials (kyriarchy) in general terms.
>
> For those of you who haven't been paying attention to the PSF, I consider
> this list to subscribe to the tenets of the Code of Conduct and Diversity
> Statement:
>
> https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
>
> https://www.python.org/psf/diversity/
>
> Overall, I'd have to say it's a Good Thing that this hasn't previously
> been needed as an item of discusion.  I'm sorry I need to bring it up
> now, and I hope we shan't need any further discussion.
> --
> Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com)           <*>
> http://www.pythoncraft.com/
>
> "Perl is the language of choice of net abusers."  --Larry Wall
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