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A l l i e s wo r k s h
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A l l i e s wo r k s h o p Men learning to support women - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
A l l i e s wo r k s h o p Men learning to support women - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
A l l i e s wo r k s h o p Men learning to support women in open technology and culture - in real-time Full CC-BY-SA curriculum online at: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/Allies_workshop Valerie Aurora The Ada Initiative
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Wh y s h
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l d me n f i g h t s e x i s m i n
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e n t e c h / c u l t u r e ?
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Wh y s h
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l d me n f i g h t s e x i s m i n
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e n t e c h / c u l t u r e ?
Men 98.5% Women 1.5%
Open source community
Source: FLOSSPOLS report
Men 90% Women 9% Trans 1%
Wikipedia editors
Source: Nov. 2011 Editor Survey
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A n
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t g e n d e r b i n a r y l a n g u a g e ( “ me n a n d wo me n ” )
- “Men” refers to people given the societal
advantages accorded to cis males
- Gender binary language often intentional
- Focus of this workshop: improve
treatment of women
- Practical goal for this workshop: don't
make things worse for trans and genderqueer folks
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Wh y s h
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l d me n f i g h t s e x i s m i s
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e n t e c h / c u l t u r e ?
- Because you are a decent person, and...
- Men have built-in advantage:
- Woman complains, is whiny, weak
- Man complains, is brave, progressive
- Men: expect positive reactions!
You have power, use it
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O f f
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t h i s wo r k s h
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- Are women treated worse than men in
- pen tech/culture?
- Is it a problem? Is it worth fixing?
- Learn more:
http://geekfeminism.org http://geekfeminism.wikia.com
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F
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ma t
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t h e wo r k s h
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- Present real-world scenarios and discuss
potential responses
- Form groups of 4-6 people to discuss and
come up with responses
- Alternate small group and whole room
discussion
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S a f e l e a r n i n g s p a c e
- Workshop is recorded but you are not
- This is a learning experience
- You are supposed to make mistakes
- Don't repeat what people said in this
room if it is unflattering
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A a a a a wk wa r d . . .
Talking about sexism, sex, gender, discrimination is uncomfortable
Let's all take a minute to laugh uncomfortably together now!
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G I G G L E N O W
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d , CC BY by David Goehring
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B a s i c p r i n c i p l e s
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e x i s t i n c i d e n t s
- Short, simple, firm
- Humor usually backfires
- Pick your battles
- Play for the audience
- Don't be homophobic, transphobic, or
make fun of people for being sexually undesirable, unattractive, etc.
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D R E A D E D G R O U P C H O O S I N G T I ME
- Form groups of 4 - 6 now
- Or move up front and listen
- Probably everyone is nice and cool!
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C r e a t i n g a f r i e n d l y e n v i r
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me n t
- A woman you don't know stands near
your group at a geek event
- You are deciding where to hold an event
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S p e a k i n g u p a b
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t c a s u a l s e x i s m
- Mailing list post asks “How would you
explain this to your girlfriend?”
- Someone makes a sexist joke, everyone
looks at the one woman in the office who speaks up about these things
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S p e a k i n g u p a g a i n s t a d v
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a c y
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s e x i s m
- Wikipedia Talk page: “She only has a
Wikipedia page because she's hot.”
- On identi.ca: “Women should just shut up
and write code if they want respect.”
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Wi t n e s s i n g h a r a s s me n t
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wo me n
- IRC/chat: “I don't believe you're a
woman unless you send me pics”
- Someone leaves a sexist comment on
your blog
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N
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t i n g s e x i s t
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g a n i z a t i
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- A company's booth staff is wearing only
underwear and body paint
- You receive an invitation to all-male panel
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E d u c a t i n g y
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r s e l f
- You read a blog post about harassment
and think “Why didn't she just knee him in the groin?”
- You are angry because someone just
accused you of being sexist
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A d v a n c e d a l l y t i p s
- Don't expect praise and credit for not
being sexist or fighting sexism
- Follow and support women leaders
- Assume women have more knowledge
and wait for invitation to explain
- “It's hard to be told to shut up and listen,
but sometimes you need to shut up and listen.” - Mary Gardiner, Wikimania 2012
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T h a n k y
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