MOOP!

a few things.regarding gednerqueer/trans issues: perhaps you can count up all the bio (maybe even straight) males and then put everyone else together in an other category, instead of forcing them to pick female. i prefer not to have to pick between one of the two standard genders, but i definitely don't fit under bio male. second, i really appreciate what you're doing. it is incredibly difficult to get people to be aware of their prejudices. often, i notice that people think they are not being prejudiced or discriminatory just by keeping the status quo. however, i think the status quo tends toward prejudice. to truly challenge this, we must act to change things. i'm glad to see you call out specific methods for changing behavior in the OSS community perhaps you could add some more questions that individuals could ask themselves to reveal their prejudices? not easy, i know but perhaps worth looking into for future presentations where you have more time.as many of the posters have pointed out, there is a definitely a ton of posturing going on. i work in IT (there are NO women programmers at my company) and i've been in grad school for cognitive science. the amount of work i've needed to do just to prove that yes i can and do understand what's going on .well it's truly a waste of everyone's time. i'm not sure how to change this general attitude other than to make people more aware of it when they do it and to constantly challenge their prejudices by bringing more minorities/women/etc into the technology fold.finally, i wish all my coworkers and all schools would read through this and try to understand it. that would be a major success in promoting some level of awareness. at least this is out there now and hopefully more and more people will stumble upon it, as i have.