Physical violence

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Women in geek communities are sometimes the victims of threatened or actual physical violence, ranging from assault to rape or even murder.

Contents 1 Incidents 1.1 Threats 1.1.1 Against geek women 1.2 Actual physical violence 1.2.1 Against geek women 1.2.2 By geek men against non-geek women

[edit] Incidents

[edit] Threats

[edit] Against geek women

• Kathy Sierra incident
• MikeeUSA's activities:
  • Debian and LinuxChix harassment
  • Further threats during the 2009 women in FLOSS discussions

[edit] Actual physical violence

[edit] Against geek women

• École Polytechnique massacre -- 28 women shot, 14 killed, at an engineering school

[edit] By geek men against non-geek women

• Hans Reiser's murder of his wife