gender bias

[Brian Cluff]

The leadership cares very much but can't do anything about it if they 
don't see it occur and they aren't told specifics by the people that are 
receiving it.

If someone in plug is being sexist to you, we need to know about it so 
that we can do something about it.  We _have_ talked about it in 
meetings, but I find that often times the person that is supposedly 
doing the action might not ever be aware they are doing it.

Lisa pointed out that someone is feeling like he is purposely showing 
off his wedding ring as being sexist.  However I would point out that if 
you watch the videos that I've taken of Hans that you will notice that 
he is Left Handed and if simply pointing with his dominant hand, so it 
sounds like it's a misunderstanding to me.

He's the only person that I am aware of that has been named and is 
therefore the only person that can be talked to.  He's also the biggest 
proponent of womens rights that I personally know.

Brian Cluff

On 12/02/2014 09:23 AM, Kaoru Wilbur wrote:
> I have been laughed at about projects I am working on by one particular
> member, mocked, treated like I don't know my stuff, accused of
> threatening when that was an out and out lie. There are members there,
> Brian who are that way. There are members who are not. Women run from
> these meetings. I saw this at the last PLUG I attended.
> Maybe that's just the general culture, mock and criticize other members,
> act arrogant and rude.
>
> There are a few members who are not rude or bias. I'm not saying
> everyone is. However, leadership could care less.
>
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 8:31 AM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com
> <mailto:brian at snaptek.com>> wrote:
>
>     It's true, there are a lot more men in PLUG than there are women,
>     but that's just a reflection of the industry as a whole, and is
>     something we would like to change.
>
>     PLUG does not tolerate anybody being treated as anything but an
>     equal. If anyone feels otherwise I would like to know about it
>     immediately.
>
>     Of course if someone does feel like they are being treated
>     differently the first thing I would have them ask themselves is, was
>     I actually being a asshole during the period I was feeling
>     discriminated against. I think you will find that assholes tend to
>     get ignored in PLUG and has nothing to do with gender.
>
>     Brian Cluff
>
>     On 12/02/2014 12:33 AM, Kaoru Wilbur wrote:
>
>         hans,
>
>         I am sorry you cannot take a joke.
>         Of course, sexual harassment is no joking matter.
>         Accusations of this are quite serious.
>
>         I never witnessed anything or experienced sexual harassment.
>
>         Gender bias is quite obvious in your LUG.
>
>
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