> feminist communities are likely to be both smaller and more focused on user conduct than technical communities at large
Is Python small? I'm sure there were other small linux communities (the term seems almost redundant) who were much less welcoming to women.
I don't know what to say to convince you that open source communities are traditionally hyper male and sexist. It's not so hard to imagine that you might get more contributions from women in an explicitly women friendly space within a larger women unfriendly (to say the least) community.
Here's some reading, I encourage you to read it if you think I'm wrong.
Is Python small? I'm sure there were other small linux communities (the term seems almost redundant) who were much less welcoming to women.
I don't know what to say to convince you that open source communities are traditionally hyper male and sexist. It's not so hard to imagine that you might get more contributions from women in an explicitly women friendly space within a larger women unfriendly (to say the least) community.
Here's some reading, I encourage you to read it if you think I'm wrong.
http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4291/33...