Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project

[pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)]

On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 08:54:14PM +0200, Jean Louis wrote:
> Richard is guilty of what? Flirting? Pleasure Cards? Hahhahahahahahha.
> 
> Jean
> 

IMHO this is an important reason.

On Medium in her blog post, Selam G. referenced a report by MIT women
from 1983.  In Chapter 3 it says (please excude any typos of mine):

> 3.1 First a Woman, Then a Professional
> 
> · Do not make inappropriate personal remarks to or about women in
>   professional situations.
> 
>   - Never make demeaning remarks, such as “come sit on my lap
>     sometime…”, in professional situations.
> 
>   - Do not use sexist humor to “spice up a dull subject…” or make
>     disparaging comments about women as a group.
> 
>   - Do not allow a discussion of a female student’s work to be turned
>     into a discussion of her physical attributes or appearance.  In
>     general, do not make more references to women’s appearances or
>     personal lives than to men’s appearances or personal lives.
> 
>  · […]
> 
>  · Faculty members should be careful in approaching female students as
>    dates to avoid putting the women in untenable positions.  The role
>    as potential date must not supersede the professional and academic
>    roles.

Regards,
Florian