[NaLug] Curioso: Perchè poche donne si interessano a linux

[Marco Linux]

vi riporto un pezzo di un howto interessante (per me) che analizza perchè ci 
sono poche donne nel mondo dei computer, e ancora meno in quello di linux.
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/

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3.7. Don't make sexual advances towards women
Imagine a bar or a pub full of sports fans, fans of a game which you don't 
know much about or like. Imagine that they're all taller and stronger than 
you, speak in a language you only halfway understand, and belittle anyone who 
isn't totally focused on their sport. Now imagine that you walk into this 
bar, wearing a shirt that says, "I AM NOT A FAN OF ANY SPORT." Just imagine 
it for a minute. How would you feel? Nervous? Afraid? Different? Out of 
place?
You begin to have a teeny-tiny idea of what it's like to be the only woman in 
a large group of men.
Keep that feeling of nervousness in mind when you read the rest of this 
paragraph. When you immediately make a sexual advance to a woman at a LUG or 
online, you're making her feel like she's not part of the community, like 
she's under attack, and like she is risking being ostracized if she turns you 
down or offends you. Remember, this isn't a friendly one-on-one situation 
where she feels comfortable turning you down, she's surrounded by the 
equivalent of the aforementioned huge sports fans. She's trying to fit in and 
be part of the group, and by hitting on her, you're cutting her out of the 
herd and isolating her from the group. Women grow up with the constant fear 
and awareness of being attacked by men, and as silly as it may seem, it 
colors all her interactions, no matter how safe or mundane they may seem to 
men.
Like any other human being, a woman wants to have friends and be appreciated 
for who she is. Every time she gets an email asking her on a date, she is 
reminded that she isn't viewed as part of the group, but instead as 
different, an object of desire, and is certainly not being judged on her 
technical merit alone.
This may be hard to stomach, but you need to not hit on women who show up for 
Linux events, at least not right away. In all likelihood, you are NOT 
throwing away your only chance at true love by not coming on to her 
immediately, but you are throwing away your chance to have a fun new member 
of the Linux community. And even if you still think you're missing a chance 
at true love, keep in mind that many women brave enough to show up at a LUG 
or your local mailing list will frequently make the first move anyway. By 
hitting on them at the first opportunity, you're scaring them away, and 
you're also scaring away all the other women who might have become interested 
if the first woman had stayed.
This goes double for women you meet over email or on IRC. You may think that 
your "Are you single?" line is hysterically witty and suave, but she's heard 
it a million times. Even if you're joking, even if you already have a 
girlfriend or are married--don't do it.
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