Sexism in the Ruby community: how does the Python community manage it?

[MRAB]

On 17/10/2013 17:43, Paul Pittlerson wrote:
> What we need to do is A) Prove that we are not sexist and racist by
> excluding and intolerating people who do not agree with. B) Head on
> over to the Ruby mailing list and make a thread called "Hey guys we
> are the python people, and can you learn to behave, ok plz?" wherein
> we detail to them what we think they are doing wrong and how we, in
> our superior moral judgment, think they ought to improve themselves,
> that'll teach them not to be sexist and racist alright.
>
> I think that is what OP is suggesting we do, if it's not then I
> really don't know what it is.
>
> I've sometimes been curious why programming in general, and python
> included is a male dominated field, well I'm glad that OP has figured
> out it's just because we scare all the women away with our overt
> sexism and racism naming conventions.
>
It's interesting to note that, in the early days, programming was
thought to be a suitable job for a woman because, after all, it
involved typing, so basically it was just clerical activity!

> Great thread, just great.
>