Martin Bonner wrote:
----Original Message---- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Matias Capeletto Sent: 06 July 2007 13:07 To: boost-users@lists.boost.org; boost@lists.boost.org Subject: [boost] [IBD] Help request, A Woman's Point of View
Hi,
Joaquín Mª López Muñoz:
Just wanted to say you guys are doing a terrific job with this IBD initiative. It's amazing how many people have joined in in such a short amount of time, folks with various interests and skills, to form a truly multidisciplinary team. Joaquin's post make me realize that we are not a _truly multidisciplinary_ team. We are currently lacking a woman's point of view.
Is there any female Booster willing to help us?
Why? I mean, what is there that is specifically different about a "woman's point of view"? I can certainly see that an /international/ point of view is useful (a native speaker to get the grammer right, a non-native speaker to remove colloquialisms for example), but I really don't see the point when it comes to men/women.
Incidentally, why did Joaquin's post prompt the thought? Was it the use of "guys"? I was surprised when I first heard "guys" being used to refer to a mixed group of boys and girls - but that was 30 years ago, so the usage is pretty established.
I agree with you. It is patronizing, and although perhaps not intentionally, insulting to women to say "we want a woman's point of view" ( or we want "some generalized X's" point of view ), unless it is something where women ( or X ) are noticeably different from men ( or the current group ). I can hardly believe that could ever be the case when it comes to working on the Boost documentation project.