On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 4:11 PM, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
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.
Considering the fact that so far the vast majority of voices raised in this email thread, the previous 2 email threads, and the Code of Conduct draft discussion itself were mostly self-identified male, I suspect we are fairly safe from making it "anti men".
MZMcBride
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