Are you sure people are still contributing or is it just men who do with very, very few women who is willing to put up with this?
The skewed male to female ratio isn't unique to software developed under the FSF. It's the case throughout the industry and even at the high school/college/graduate school level. Therefore, the lack of women contributing to projects within the FSF isn't because of RMS or the FSF board.
This , again , is a skewing of facts: while it is true there is a gender disparity in tech , with about a very low 20% women in tech engineering, in open source it is 10% or even less.
That doesn't mean that there's an inherent bias against women in open source software development. If what you're saying is true, then there must be an inherent bias against males when comparing preschool teachers (2.7% male) versus public school teachers (24% male). I don't believe there's an inherent bias in either case and the skewed gender ratio which varies depending on the area isn't due to a single person or group of people.
Not sure what you mean here. What I am saying, and this is backed by women self reporting, women leaving and statistics is that the toxicity of some of the leaders in open source lead them not start / leave open source.
Basically, I was comparing an example where the percentage of male teachers is lower when comparing preschool teachers versus public school teachers in general, like you mentioned the lower percentage of female developers contributing to open source software versus the percentage of female developers throughout the industry.
Even if a male preschool teacher self-reported perceived bias against him, that doesn't necessarily mean that there's general trend of bias throughout the area. Just like a female self reporting bias they perceived for a particular open source project doesn't mean that there's a general of bias in that area.
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The skewed male to female ratio isn't unique to software developed under the FSF. It's the case throughout the industry and even at the high school/college/graduate school level. Therefore, the lack of women contributing to projects within the FSF isn't because of RMS or the FSF board.
This , again , is a skewing of facts: while it is true there is a gender disparity in tech , with about a very low 20% women in tech engineering, in open source it is 10% or even less.
That doesn't mean that there's an inherent bias against women in open source software development. If what you're saying is true, then there must be an inherent bias against males when comparing preschool teachers (2.7% male) versus public school teachers (24% male). I don't believe there's an inherent bias in either case and the skewed gender ratio which varies depending on the area isn't due to a single person or group of people.
Not sure what you mean here. What I am saying, and this is backed by women self reporting, women leaving and statistics is that the toxicity of some of the leaders in open source lead them not start / leave open source.
Basically, I was comparing an example where the percentage of male teachers is lower when comparing preschool teachers versus public school teachers in general, like you mentioned the lower percentage of female developers contributing to open source software versus the percentage of female developers throughout the industry.
Even if a male preschool teacher self-reported perceived bias against him, that doesn't necessarily mean that there's general trend of bias throughout the area. Just like a female self reporting bias they perceived for a particular open source project doesn't mean that there's a general of bias in that area.