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List:       kde-women
Subject:    Re: [Kde-women]Give me a break
From:       Eva Brucherseifer <eva () rt ! e-technik ! tu-darmstadt ! de>
Date:       2001-03-21 10:58:30
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> Because, and I'm
> not sure if you know this or realize this so this might come as a
> shock to you, women and men ARE different!
>

I agree very much with you. I am an electrical engineer and I am in a "male 
world" since nearly 10 years now. In the beginning (after being at a girls 
school before) I thought it is simply something to learn. That I have to 
learn to be an "engineer" and that I am then like all the others. 

But that is not true. I had to realize, that there are a lot of differences 
in how we do things. And that it doesn't help to pretent being male. 

> They have different interest and different likes and dislikes. One
> example is the foul language that is used on the IRC KDE channel. Not
> all women appreciate such a climate. 

Yes. Now I only join #kde if I am searching someone. I don't like to ask a 
question to a bunch of people I don't know and who then even don't answer 
that they don't know. They simply don't answer. I feel much more comportable 
in #kde-women. It's more like being "at home" :-))

> It's only logical to create an
> area where you feel comfortable discussing and working on things. It
> would be stupid to expect that women would funtion optimal in a male
> dominant KDE world.

I don't if I am right, but after thinking a lot about the difference between 
men and women I have the idea, that women tend to try to do things perfect. 
And while doing things, they need people to tell them, that it is good, what 
they are doing. And as long as they don't know every detail - they say, they 
are a beginner. At least that is what I see, when observing myself. ;-) Then 
I tend to be irritated by people who say, that I am a specialist  (Carlyn: 
;-) ).

So that is maybe the reason why women like to have a social part and 
community around the things they are doing. It's hard to tell - since all 
people are very different, it is not easy to understand all this. 

Anyway - I think it looks like becoming a very interesting project, very 
different from the others, and I am looking forward to the things to come. 

eva

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