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>Val Henson</A
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>2002-10-29<BR></P
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>Revision History</B
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>Revision 1.1</TD
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>2002-10-29</TD
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>Minor rewrites, typo fixes</TD
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>2002-10-25</TD
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>2002-10-01</TD
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>Legal Notice</A
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>Table of Contents</B
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>1. <A
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>Introduction</A
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>1.1. <A
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>Audience</A
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>1.2. <A
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>What problem? Sexism is dead!</A
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>1.3. <A
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>About the author</A
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>2. <A
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>Why are there so few women in Linux?</A
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>2.1. <A
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>Women are less confident</A
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>2.2. <A
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>Women have fewer opportunities for friendship or
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mentoring</A
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>2.3. <A
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>Women are discouraged from an early age</A
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>2.4. <A
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>Computing perceived as non-social</A
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>2.5. <A
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HREF="x106.html#AEN148"
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>Lack of female role models</A
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>2.6. <A
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>Games, classes aimed towards men</A
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>2.7. <A
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>Advertising, media say computers are for men</A
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>2.8. <A
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HREF="x106.html#AEN162"
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>Life-work balance more important to women</A
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>2.9. <A
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HREF="x106.html#AEN165"
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>Reasons women avoid Linux specifically</A
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>3. <A
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>Do's and don't's of encouraging women in Linux</A
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>3.1. <A
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>Don't tell sexist jokes</A
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>3.2. <A
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>Do protest sexist jokes</A
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>3.3. <A
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>Don't call people bitches</A
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>3.4. <A
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>Do show some respect</A
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>Don't take the keyboard away</A
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>3.6. <A
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>Do give directions and explain them clearly</A
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>3.7. <A
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>Don't make sexual advances towards women</A
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>3.8. <A
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>Do act friendly</A
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>3.9. <A
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>Don't complain about the lack of women in computing</A
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>3.10. <A
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>Do encourage women in computing</A
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>3.11. <A
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>Don't stare and point when women arrive</A
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>3.12. <A
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>Do treat new arrivals politely</A
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>3.13. <A
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>Don't treat women stereotypically</A
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>3.14. <A
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>Do treat women as normal people</A
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>Don't criticize too much</A
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>Do compliment</A
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>Don't invite only male speakers</A
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>Do ask women to speak</A
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>Don't micro-specialize</A
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>Do discuss broader topics</A
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>Don't make your meetings hard to attend</A
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>Do make meetings easy to attend</A
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>Don't make new people feel unwelcome</A
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>Do help new people get involved</A
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>Don't underestimate girlfriends or wives</A
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>Do treat girlfriends and wives as independent people</A
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>But I don't do that!</A
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>A. <A
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>LinuxChix</A
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>This article explains some of the difficulties and biases women face in the Linux community and
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