Females in the community.

[WhatMeWorry via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 17 March 2016 at 20:03:08 UTC, John Carter wrote:
> It is very clear from the 'net that some communities welcome 
> woman, and some actively hate them, some ignore them.
>
> I personally would feel reluctant to get involved in anything 
> where there was a high probability of vitriolic rejection. 
> (Yes, sadly, some 'net communities have, unfortunately, gone to 
> very extreme lengths in their rejection.)

I don't get this at all?  I've been coming to this site for years 
and I don't recall any "vitriolic rejections" of either men or 
women. I can't think of a more egalitarian community than what 
I've experienced here.  I find this to be one of the most cordial 
and helpful sites I have ever had the pleasure of visiting.

> Part me says ignore them, gender has nothing to do with 
> programming.

Who here has ever argued otherwise?

>
> Part of me observes we are human first, programmers second, and 
> human groups with a healthy gender mix are simpler more 
> pleasant and functional places.

Again, I doubt if anybody here disagrees with this statement.

>
> Certainly Python has done well to actively welcome them, and I 
> would suggest we do the same.

How is D not welcoming "them".  We welcome anybody who is 
interested in D.

>
> So a simple statement of welcome and some level of outreach 
> would go a long way.
>
> https://www.gnome.org/outreachy/

Google, Intel, HP, Bloomberg, etc are sponsoring this outreach. D 
does not have any such luxury.

Listen, I would love that more women were interested in 
programming languages. I've seen many good women programmers (my 
wife was one) but it is usually for a paid job.  I doubt you'll 
find many women who program out of the sheer pleasure of it, or 
who will spend their free time holed up in front of a workstation 
figuring out the inner working of mixins or traits.

But don't feel too bad. Females vastly outnumber men in the 
veterinary and biology fields. I don't see their web sites going 
out of their way to "welcome" me.