[pp.int.general] Election Results

[Majong]

Hi Marco,

"Une constante : plus on défend les libertés numériques, moins de femmes 
sont acceptées, logiciel libre, open source, Partis Pirates..."

I think that Perline questions the place of women and more precisely the 
acceptance of women in the numeric world in general including pirate 
parties.

Personnaly, I don't feel like being discriminated or being surrounded by 
chauvinist male pirates but I might be lucky with the Belgian pirates ;-)
Also having participated in PPI conference, I never felt like being excluded 
nor discriminated. On the contrary, all "male" pirates were open for 
discussion and accepted "female" presence.

Before one can talk about male chauvinism ad discrimination, it's maybe 
worth considering why so few women are attracted by the pirate movement?
Is it a bad approach, wrong marketing or simply lack of interest?

On the other hand, who best than ourselves, i.e. women, can convince other 
women to be part of the pirate movement and in extension be part of next PPI 
elections. Maybe instead of jumping for hasty conclusions, we should work on 
a better female representation in all levels and step forward when it comes 
to elections, etc.

So instead of addressing the discrimination issue, we should think how to 
encourage women to be more active and participate in the pirate movement.

Just my two cents.

Monika aka Majong
PPBe


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marco Confalonieri" <marco.confalonieri at email.it>
To: <perline at partipirate.org>; "Pirate Parties International -- General 
Talk" <pp.international.general at lists.pirateweb.net>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: [pp.int.general] Election Results


> Il 18/04/2010 15:43, Perline ha scritto:
>> 14 proposals
>> 7 elected
>> no woman (2 proposals)
>>
> Hi Perline,
> who was the other woman? I thought you were the only one.
>
>> (bit.ly/ble9v0)
>>
>>
>
> If I understood correctly (I don't read french very well), you think
> that women were actively barred from being elected in the board and that
> there is male chauvinism in Pirate Parties International?
>
> It's a fact that women were discriminated, but I think they were
> discriminated by an unaware majority and not on purpose. IMHO it's a
> case of "not being exclusive":
>
> http://blog.themerchgirl.net/post/497836296/being-inclusive-vs-not-being-exclusive
>
> I think we should address this issue as soon as possible, both on the
> national and international level.
>
> Also, I think there is a similar situation for non-europeans (3 
> proposals).
>
>
>
> -- 
> Marco Confalonieri
> Associazione Partito Pirata (PP Italy)
> http://www.partito-pirata.it
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