On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 4:11 PM, MZMcBride <z(a)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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