I'm a woman and I'm involved. Maybe there are more of us around than you think.
Also, I'd appreciate it if you all kept the misogyny to a minimum.
Are you a feminist?
Yes, I am a feminist. And no, I'm not necessarily offended by any of your comments but I'm just saying if you want more women to come to a place like this, you can't treat it like a men's club and joke around about women like you would with your bros in private social situations. I get it, so it's not a big deal, but a lot of women will be turned off by it and that's why more women are not into computers and technology as it is. That's just how it is, but I don't think you can blame them for feeling uncomfortable in a highly male-dominated environment especially with the misogynistic banter that comes along with it.
Anyway, I personally don't care so I don't want to take any type of discussion away from NEM to talk about ridiculous gender issues because it's a waste of everyone's time. I just wanted to try and let you know what we could do as a community to make this place more welcoming to women instead of pushing them away like many other male-dominated online communities. Of course, I also could have no idea what I'm talking about so take my opinions with a grain of salt lol.
A person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women: Oxford dictionary description for a misogynist. Now, in a light hearted chat about how to introduce more women to the movement where common conceptions/misconceptions were discussed who were the misogynists?
It's this kinda crap she's talking about...
As far as i see, most or all of thread members are male.
I hope you know, that currency (also digital ones) only can succeed if there are enough women to spend it.
Devs and community should work on this item.
The best comment on this thread.....it's them that spend the money usually..lol....it's women that could kick start this thing given the chance!!!!!
And it tends to be men noodling around on the internet populating weird techy subcultures. That's just how it is for whatever reason.
That could make a big difference if there was a female action group or something.....are there any females out there?....show yourselves....lol..
Most of us are fat asses behind the computer
Why some girls would be here trying to find their loved one (money
)??
Agreed - looking for fat assed nerds is no reason to join NEM - but if NEM gets an Asset Exchange for the boys and a Shoe Exchange for the girls, what will happen?
Maybe she used a harsh or incorrect term to describe this but I know what she means and she's right. You should drop it and move on.
Exactly, she used a harsh and incorrect term to describe this. Ok , according to you this was crap.
But the subject of too few women in the movement I think is valid.
Should we move on from every serious issue?
I don't think you understood me... What I was referring to as "crap" was stupid comments like "if NEM gets an Asset Exchange for the boys and a Shoe Exchange for the girls, what will happen?"
The subject of bringing more women to the women is valid and important. But comments like that have no place here. I was agreeing that the use of the term "misogynist" was probably out of line, but also saying that I know where amytheplanarshift is coming from and agree with her there. We need to make this community welcoming to women and that is not how its done.
I think he was meaning about having the opportunity to 'shop' on an asset exchange and in my experience ,especially for clothing , women tend to shop more than guys but yes ,that could change.
I was asking out loud for suggestions on how to increase female numbers to the movement..a bit of ' brainstorming'perhaps?
Can I just say that in my experience, projects with women involved have been better largely due to increased communication but that's a personal opinion.
See, this is the problem i have.
Most women don't want nor need to be stereotyped. Not all women like pretty pink dresses, or shoes, or shopping.
This whole discussion is unnecessary. Some women -- just like some men -- may have a presence here on this forum thread, others may not. There's no reason to make an issue of something when there really isn't one to begin with.
In fact, whats more important, is that the NEM project remains unbiased or indifferent to either gender in it's style and appeal - just as most crypto's do (Unless it's Wankcoin
) This way it keeps it's potential appeal much broader and doesn't create confusion with it's image by tailoring it to different genders, which i'd bet would just simply turn people away from it.
Overall, just avoid the mess, keep NEM neutral, and march on.
Guys if you want to continue discussion above about women/men in crypto, please move it somewhere to
http://forum.nemcoin.com/index.phpIt's definitely more appropriate place, than this thread.
This.
