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* [[Zipper incident|Zipper Incident (part 1)]]
  
* [[Zipper incident|Zipper Incident (part 1)]]
   
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== 1999 ==
   
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* [http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/02.03.00/work-0005.html Linux goth slut incident]
 
* [[Linux "need support" ad]]
  
* [[Linux "need support" ad]]
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== 2000 ==
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* [[Linux Journal blowjob ad]] round 1
  
* [[Linux Journal blowjob ad]] round 1
 
* [[Perl is my bitch]]
  
* [[Perl is my bitch]]
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* [http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/02.03.00/work-0005.html Linux goth slut incident]
  
   
 
== 2001 ==
  
== 2001 ==
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** [[Catamorphism's Wikipedia RfA]] ([[Wikipedia]])
  
** [[Catamorphism's Wikipedia RfA]] ([[Wikipedia]])
 
* August: [[Harlan Ellison groping Connie Willis]]
  
* August: [[Harlan Ellison groping Connie Willis]]
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* September:
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* September: [[Telsa Gwynne]] announces the closure of her diary and her withdrawal from Open Source, due to the unpleasant environment and [[Harassment of Telsa Gwynne|online harassment]] among other factors.
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** [[Telsa Gwynne]] announces the closure of her diary and her withdrawal from Open Source, due to the unpleasant environment and [[Harassment of Telsa Gwynne|online harassment]] among other factors.
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** [[Hans Reiser]]'s wife Nina is reported missing, he is charged with her murder in October
 
* December: [[Acme::Playmate talk]]
  
* December: [[Acme::Playmate talk]]
   
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**[[Open Source Boob Project]] ([[Science Fiction Fandom]]))
  
**[[Open Source Boob Project]] ([[Science Fiction Fandom]]))
 
**[[Zuckerberg interview incident]] ([[Technology industry]])
  
**[[Zuckerberg interview incident]] ([[Technology industry]])
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**[[Hans Reiser]] is convicted of the murder of his wife, Nina.
 
*May: [[Wiscon troll incident]] ([[Science Fiction Fandom]])
  
*May: [[Wiscon troll incident]] ([[Science Fiction Fandom]])
 
*July:
  
*July:
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**[[Linux Symposium 2008 closing talk]] ([[FLOSS]])
  
**[[Linux Symposium 2008 closing talk]] ([[FLOSS]])
 
** [[Fat Princess]] ([[Gaming]])
  
** [[Fat Princess]] ([[Gaming]])
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** [[Hans Reiser]] admits to the murder of his wife, Nina, by revealing the location of her body
 
*November:
  
*November:
 
**[[SLUG Christmas card talk]] ([[FLOSS]])
  
**[[SLUG Christmas card talk]] ([[FLOSS]])
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*March
  
*March
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**South By Southwest groping & harrassment [http://jolieodell.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/why-sxsw-sucks/#comment-1391] [http://jolieodell.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/why-sxsw-sucks/] [http://jolieodell.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/why-sxsw-sucks/#comment-1442] ([[Technical conferences]])
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**South By Southwest groping & harrassment [http://archive.is/20130110113908/jolieodell.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/why-sxsw-sucks/%23comment-1391] [http://archive.is/20130110055234/jolieodell.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/why-sxsw-sucks/] [http://archive.is/20130110055325/jolieodell.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/why-sxsw-sucks/%23comment-1442] ([[Technical conferences]])
 
** [[Drupal.org gender discussions]] ([[FLOSS]])
  
** [[Drupal.org gender discussions]] ([[FLOSS]])
   
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** [[Chaos Communications Congress 28 incidents]]
  
** [[Chaos Communications Congress 28 incidents]]
 
** [[Harassment on rAtheism]]
  
** [[Harassment on rAtheism]]
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== 2012==
  
== 2012==
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** [[ConFoo's main sponsor was in the adult entertainment industry|ConFoo]] was sponsored by the adult entertainment industry.
  
** [[ConFoo's main sponsor was in the adult entertainment industry|ConFoo]] was sponsored by the adult entertainment industry.
 
* February
  
* February
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** Announcement of new subgroup [https://archwomen.org/ Arch Women] triggers furious discussion on main forums including [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=151306&p=1 this excerpted thread]. Highlights include the claim that [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1072121#p1072121 if there really did turn out to be any women using Arch, they would surely have been born male].
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** Announcement of new subgroup [https://archwomen.org/ Arch Women] triggers furious discussion on main forums including [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=151306&p=1 this excerpted thread]. (Broken link)
 
* March
  
* March
 
** The announcement for [[Sqoot Boston API Jam|Sqoot's Boston API Jam]] lists women to fetch you beer amongst the "Great Perks" of attending.
  
** The announcement for [[Sqoot Boston API Jam|Sqoot's Boston API Jam]] lists women to fetch you beer amongst the "Great Perks" of attending.
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** Alex Diavatis, writing for WorldOfGnome.org, wrote a [http://worldofgnome.org/fedora-18-connecting-people/ post] about Fedora 18 that included commentary about how Fedora 18 is [https://twitter.com/janeylicious/status/291289230016126976 easy enough for 'ugly girlfriends' to use without their boyfriends' help]. The paragraph was later removed after complaints in the comments. [[So simple, your mother could do it|Using girlfriend/mother to mean 'technical layman' is sexist]].
  
** Alex Diavatis, writing for WorldOfGnome.org, wrote a [http://worldofgnome.org/fedora-18-connecting-people/ post] about Fedora 18 that included commentary about how Fedora 18 is [https://twitter.com/janeylicious/status/291289230016126976 easy enough for 'ugly girlfriends' to use without their boyfriends' help]. The paragraph was later removed after complaints in the comments. [[So simple, your mother could do it|Using girlfriend/mother to mean 'technical layman' is sexist]].
 
** [http://www.amazon.com/SexyPHP-Learn-Object-Oriented-ebook/dp/B00B5WS1Y4 SexyPHP] , a self-published book by C. A. Collins, published to Kindle via BookBaby.com
  
** [http://www.amazon.com/SexyPHP-Learn-Object-Oriented-ebook/dp/B00B5WS1Y4 SexyPHP] , a self-published book by C. A. Collins, published to Kindle via BookBaby.com
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** [http://lists.hackerspaces.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-January/007285.html Women in Makerspaces], the "e-textiles" post and discussion on a hackerspaces.org list. There was a very funny dramatic reading of the e-textiles post by Rory Marinich.
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** [http://lists.hackerspaces.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-January/007285.html Women in Makerspaces], the "e-textiles" post and discussion on a hackerspaces.org list. There was a very funny [http://valerieaurora.org/dramatic_reading.mov dramatic reading] of the e-textiles post by Rory Marinich.
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** <span style="line-height:21px;">Cory Doctorow finds the company Rapiscan, that makes TSA body scanners, funny because it </span>[http://boingboing.net/2013/01/18/tsa-terminates-its-contract-wi.html could be pronounced like "rape"]<span style="line-height:21px;"> .</span>
   
   
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** [[Shawn L's expulsion from hackerspaces]]
  
** [[Shawn L's expulsion from hackerspaces]]
 
** [http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Yvonne_Brill%27s_NYT_obituary?action=edit&redlink=1 Yvonne Brill's NYT obituary]
  
** [http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Yvonne_Brill%27s_NYT_obituary?action=edit&redlink=1 Yvonne Brill's NYT obituary]
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** [https://twitter.com/ahier/status/308705251098230784 Onyx Healthcare hires Playboy model for HIMSS13 booth exibit]
 
** [[RPG Camp Kickstarter trolling]]
  
** [[RPG Camp Kickstarter trolling]]
 
** [[Sexist SXSWi wristbands at MIT Media Lab party]]
  
** [[Sexist SXSWi wristbands at MIT Media Lab party]]
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** Mike Krahulic of [[Penny Arcade]] at PAX Prime 2013, during an on-stage interview where was asked what he felt was the company's biggest mistake, said it was pulling the [[Dickwolves]] shirts from the online store. This refusal to understand how the shirts were [[Rape culture|problematic]] reignited the controversy.
  
** Mike Krahulic of [[Penny Arcade]] at PAX Prime 2013, during an on-stage interview where was asked what he felt was the company's biggest mistake, said it was pulling the [[Dickwolves]] shirts from the online store. This refusal to understand how the shirts were [[Rape culture|problematic]] reignited the controversy.
 
** Yukihiro Matsumoto, aka Matz, chief designer of the Ruby programming language [https://twitter.com/yukihiro_matz/status/380394450746216448 criticized] the efforts of RubyConf to correct for discrimination in speaker selection, characterized it as “reverse discrimination” and insisted, “We have RailsGirls instead.”
  
** Yukihiro Matsumoto, aka Matz, chief designer of the Ruby programming language [https://twitter.com/yukihiro_matz/status/380394450746216448 criticized] the efforts of RubyConf to correct for discrimination in speaker selection, characterized it as “reverse discrimination” and insisted, “We have RailsGirls instead.”
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** Michael Schwern, prominent Perl developer and keynote speaker at the National Center for Women & Information Technology's 2013 summit, [http://www.mcso.us/PAID/Home/Booking/1276456 was arrested on domestic violence charges].
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** [[Michael Schwern arrest|Michael Schwern, prominent Perl developer, arrested on domestic violence charges]]
 
** An unidentified panelist representing [https://twitter.com/Jamernot Jamernot] at a [http://technori.com/ Technori] event referred to two female presenters as “Hot girls in yoga pants.” An attendee submitted an objection online to the panel but [https://twitter.com/ourmaninchicago/status/382672124848377856 his post was deleted] by Technori moderators, so he stood up and objected verbally. The Jamernot rep [https://twitter.com/ourmaninchicago/status/382673561217150976 responded] , “That’s how the world is,” and subsequently [https://twitter.com/Jamernot/status/382692836778319872 tweeted in his defense] .
  
** An unidentified panelist representing [https://twitter.com/Jamernot Jamernot] at a [http://technori.com/ Technori] event referred to two female presenters as “Hot girls in yoga pants.” An attendee submitted an objection online to the panel but [https://twitter.com/ourmaninchicago/status/382672124848377856 his post was deleted] by Technori moderators, so he stood up and objected verbally. The Jamernot rep [https://twitter.com/ourmaninchicago/status/382673561217150976 responded] , “That’s how the world is,” and subsequently [https://twitter.com/Jamernot/status/382692836778319872 tweeted in his defense] .
 
** Fraser Millward, an entertainer hired by Microsoft to host an Xbox One event at Eurogamer Expo 2013, [http://www.examiner.com/article/transgender-journalist-reports-being-bullied-at-eurogamer-expo harassed and misgendered] a woman self-identified as transgender on stage. She subsequently wrote about the [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-kate-dale/this-is-why-trans-people-rarely-speak-up-when-were-misgendered_b_4030525.html online threats] she received in retaliation for her speaking out.
  
** Fraser Millward, an entertainer hired by Microsoft to host an Xbox One event at Eurogamer Expo 2013, [http://www.examiner.com/article/transgender-journalist-reports-being-bullied-at-eurogamer-expo harassed and misgendered] a woman self-identified as transgender on stage. She subsequently wrote about the [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-kate-dale/this-is-why-trans-people-rarely-speak-up-when-were-misgendered_b_4030525.html online threats] she received in retaliation for her speaking out.
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** Reports of [[harassment of Scientific American bloggers]] by editor Bora Zivkovic surfaced around a year ago, but in October 2013 several women wrote in public naming him and describing his patterns of bad behavior.
  
** Reports of [[harassment of Scientific American bloggers]] by editor Bora Zivkovic surfaced around a year ago, but in October 2013 several women wrote in public naming him and describing his patterns of bad behavior.
 
** SF hacker group advertises "[http://www.thebolditalic.com/articles/3895-ignant-halloween-party-at-hacker-hideout Hackers and Hookers] " costume party. When called on it, they issue a classic non-apology (both advertisement and apology archived at link).
  
** SF hacker group advertises "[http://www.thebolditalic.com/articles/3895-ignant-halloween-party-at-hacker-hideout Hackers and Hookers] " costume party. When called on it, they issue a classic non-apology (both advertisement and apology archived at link).
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** [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/user/rkentjames/ Kent James], a core reviewer for the open-source Thunderbird project, wrote a blog post with the subject line [http://mesquilla.com/2013/10/23/real-men-do-build-engineering-a-real-threat-to-thunderbird/ "Real Men do Build Engineering"]. Despite knowing that this was sexist (the original post included the question, "So, are there any Real Men out there (or even Real Women) that want to be a hero, and save our project?"), in a comment, James stated "I decided to remove comments that disputed my use of the term 'Real Men'." (In an example of the [[Many bad things in the world]] silencing tactic, he implied that it was acceptable for him to insinuate that men are more likely to understand build engineering than women are because an organization exists that uses the term "real men" and claims to fight domestic violence.)
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** At the [http://www.cikm2013.org/ ACM CIKM 2013] conference, a presenter showed a slide [https://twitter.com/iwonabb/status/396035959050870784 (photo)] with the text "Big data is like teenage sex: everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it... (Dan Ariely)" The conference did not have an anti-harassment policy posted on its web site.
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* November
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** Several women go public with accounts of [http://comicsalliance.com/brian-wood-tess-fowler-sexual-harassment-accusations-statement/ sexual harassment by Brian Wood], an influential comics writer.
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** [[It's Okay to be Smart video]]
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** [[libuv gendered pronouns patch dispute]]
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* December
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** http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/12/07/aki-con-cosplayer-assaulted/
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** [[Twitter Blockgate]]
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** [http://indiestatik.com/2013/12/13/female-game-developers/ Zoe Quinnzel / DepressionQuest harassment]
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** [http://valleywag.gawker.com/paul-graham-says-women-havent-been-hacking-for-the-pa-1490581236 Paul Graham claims] women have not been hacking for the past ten years, and he wouldn't know how to get a teenaged girl interested in computers.
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** [http://www.ai-gakkai.or.jp/%E5%AD%A6%E4%BC%9A%E8%AA%8C%E5%90%8D%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%89%E6%9B%B4%E3%81%A8%E6%96%B0%E3%81%97%E3%81%84%E8%A1%A8%E7%B4%99%E3%83%87%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%81%AE%E3%81%8A%E7%9F%A5%E3%82%89%E3%81%9B/ The illustration of an artificial servant girl] with a broom appears on [http://www.ai-gakkai.or.jp/en the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence] Journal, which [http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-25680951 sparks a sexism row].
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* January
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** [[Microsoft Dear Azure campaign]]
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** [http://www.ariannasimpson.com/this-is-what-its-like-to-be-a-woman-at-a-bitcoin-meetup/ This is what it's like to be a woman at a Bitcoin meetup] Two women attend a bitcoin meetup and are immediately groped, propositioned, and insulted
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** [http://kotaku.com/she-was-harassed-by-a-games-reporter-now-shes-speakin-1510714971 Games reporter Josh Mattingly sexually harasses story lead]
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** [http://twistpeach.livejournal.com/101026.html NBC Sports affiliate editor Dustin Hennessey assaults two women at Arisia Con in Boston, MA] . The Code of Conduct policy empowered one of the women to report the incident and resolve the situation.
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* February
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** [http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/girls-and-software "Girls and software"] article published in Linux Journal magazine.
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** [[Male Champions of Change event]]
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* March
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** "The Dating Ring", a Y-Combinator funded startup, organizes a [https://www.crowdtilt.com/campaigns/working-on-it/description crowdfunding campaign to fly single women from NYC to San Francisco to meet men].
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** [[Julie Ann Horvath quit GitHub]]
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** [[GAME_JAM walk out]]

Revision as of 00:44, 8 April 2014

This is a timeline of sexist incidents in geek communities including:

See Timeline of geek feminism for the development of geek feminism itself.

(Mary Gardiner explains the reason for this list in Why we document on the Geek Feminism blog.)

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  • October
    • Penny Arcade announces Dickwolves tshirts; Courtney Stanton announces Dickwolves Survivors Guild tshirts in protest

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2012

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  • October
    • Codemash sexual assault
    • standingwithDNLee Biologist and science writer Dr. Danielle N. Lee responded to being called a "whore" after politely declining to write for free. The Scientific American blog network removed her blog post about it without consulting her, with the excuse that it "verged into the personal."
    • Reports of harassment of Scientific American bloggers by editor Bora Zivkovic surfaced around a year ago, but in October 2013 several women wrote in public naming him and describing his patterns of bad behavior.
    • SF hacker group advertises "Hackers and Hookers " costume party. When called on it, they issue a classic non-apology (both advertisement and apology archived at link).
    • Kent James, a core reviewer for the open-source Thunderbird project, wrote a blog post with the subject line "Real Men do Build Engineering". Despite knowing that this was sexist (the original post included the question, "So, are there any Real Men out there (or even Real Women) that want to be a hero, and save our project?"), in a comment, James stated "I decided to remove comments that disputed my use of the term 'Real Men'." (In an example of the Many bad things in the world silencing tactic, he implied that it was acceptable for him to insinuate that men are more likely to understand build engineering than women are because an organization exists that uses the term "real men" and claims to fight domestic violence.)
    • At the ACM CIKM 2013 conference, a presenter showed a slide (photo) with the text "Big data is like teenage sex: everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it... (Dan Ariely)" The conference did not have an anti-harassment policy posted on its web site.

2014

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