On 9/5/15, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Oliver Keyes wrote:
On the general subject of codes of conduct and what they bring (or don't bring) in terms of user safety and a sense of inclusion, I recently encountered http://wp.me/p11Aax-4aq on Twitter - it's an interesting read and brings up a couple of points definitely worth thinking about, namely that the intent behind a CoC is not to be the be-all and end-all of user safety but instead to set a very minimum bound of what is acceptable.
Am I supposed to know what a manfeeling is? It seems weird to me that the push (perhaps a movement, who knows) to implement codes of conduct has become so enmeshed with the ultra-liberal feminist movement. I think there are people who sympathize with and even support efforts to have codes of conduct in technical spaces, but who don't want to feel demonized for being male. There's a dark irony in sites such as Geek Feminism Wiki feeling the need to prominently answer "Are men welcome here?" in their FAQ (http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Geek_Feminism_Wiki_FAQ).
This isn't to say that there aren't good ideas and good people behind some of this content, but I can see a lot potential allies to the code of conduct cause being put off by the militant feminist language and overeager citations of feminist theory.
MZMcBride
I'm not sure what the phrase "ultra-liberal feminist movement" means, but if what you're trying to say is that all the "You're either with us- or you're an evil scumbag" rhetoric is getting annoying (and probably backfiring on those employing it), then I agree 100%.
-- bawolff