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A Statement on Sexism in the Community

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Stop Sexism

STOP sexism by Casey West. License:

 

We want the open source communities in which we participate to be dignified, respectful, inclusive, and welcoming places. We’ve all been witnesses to off-color jokes, misogynistic back channel chatter, questionable imagery and unnecessary, trolling comments. We pledge to do better to stand up and call this behavior out when we see it in conferences, online and other public settings. we don’t expect it to go away but we're not going to tacitly condone it any longer.

[Thanks to Luis Villa and Nick Sieger]



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Last Updated on Monday, 27 July 2009 09:37  

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