Re: [libreplanet-discuss] “I don't answer questions from women”

[A. Mani]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 3:05 AM Dmitry Alexandrov <321942@gmail.com> wrote:
> > That talk was terribly bad: 
> > https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889
>
> Given how she contrived to paraphrase the ‘Holy Virgin of Emacs’ jest two 
> messages below [0]: “This was about five minutes before he declared that it 
> was the sacred duty of all male fans of emacs in the audience to take the 
> virginity of women. On stage during the keynote” I would not take seriously 
> even a word of that woman.  She seems to be of that kind who listens to a 
> human, but hears voices in her head.
>
> What are your reasons to believe her?
>
> (For those who unfamiliar with St. Ignucius sketch, the relevant part before 
> feminists compel Dr. Stallman to censor himself might read as: “And we also 
> have the cult of the virgin of Emacs.  The virgin of Emacs is any female who 
> has not yet learned how to use Emacs.  And in the church of Emacs we believe 
> that taking her Emacs virginity away is a blessed act” [1].  Feel the 
> difference.)
>

This reference to patriarchal concepts of 'virginity' is offensive by
default. It is a concept that was developed to subjugate women,
promote racism, and other divisive practices. The explanation offered
by RMS on the Gnome list (after some debate) hardly helps.

For basic applied feminism (intersectional):
https://everydayfeminism.com/?s=virginity

That kind of analogy only contributes to reinforce patriarchal values.
Therefore, she is on solid ground.


> > Strangely this was not stated on Linuxchix website and elsewhere.
>
> Hmm...  Maybe it is not stated there, elsewhere and anywhere besides a 
> microblog of some RMS-hater [2] because this is just another piece of libel?
>
> [0] https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174044476022636546
> [1] https://youtu.be/25ejlP0uWeI
> [2] “Finally, FINALLY, people put enough pressure for the @fsf to get rid of 
> Richard Stallman.  It would have been awesome if all the decades of him being 
> the absolute worst would have been reason enough to get rid of him before, 
> but hey, at least it happened in my lifetime.”
>     — https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174030740037754882

No, her point is fine.

Best

A Mani

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