Comment on Discussion on 'Missing women on Lemmy and decentralised networks'
aard@kyu.de 10 months agoMake sure you’re helping make Lemmy a welcoming place for non-males
I’d phrase that as “make sure you’re helping make Lemmy a welcoming place for everybody”
Being active in a pretty friendly tech scene in the late 90s/early 00s I’ve seen things being ruined for quite a bunch of people who enjoyed being where nobody was judging them for who they were or wanted to be after a bunch of newly joined women decided to try force a bunch of “women only” policies.
Just don’t be dicks to each other, no matter who’s on the other end. And don’t try to force talking about who you are in places where nobody cares - there are specific groups for that.
thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Being welcoming to people in general goes without saying. But we’re specifically in a thread about encouraging more women to join and making them feel safe to do so.
aard@kyu.de 10 months ago
Even in this thread I’d rather phrase it explicitly to include everyone - I’ve seen statements like this interpreted by some individuals as “make it welcoming for women at all costs, which may include making it openly hostile for people not meeting my specific definition of woman”, which didn’t have a very pretty end result.
thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I do appreciate where you’re coming from, there. Some people will unfortunately take any opportunity to exclude others.
xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
“Non-women” is a subset of “everybody”.