"Free as in sexist?" Free culture and the gender gap

abernard102@gmail.com 2013-01-11

Summary:

Use the link to access the full text article published in the current issue of First Monday  The abstract reads as follows: "Despite the values of freedom and openness, the free culture movement’s gender balance is as skewed (or more so) as that of the computing culture from which it arose. Based on the collection and analysis of discourse on gender and sexism within this movement over a six–year period. I suggest three possible causes: (a) some geek identities can be narrow and unappealing; (b) open communities are especially susceptible to difficult people; and, (c) the ideas of freedom and openness can be used to dismiss concerns and rationalize the gender gap as a matter of preference and choice."

Link:

http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4291/3381

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oa.new oa.libre oa.gender_studies os.ssh oa.floss

Date tagged:

01/11/2013, 08:40

Date published:

01/11/2013, 03:40