The net culture presents challenges (not “problems”) to *all* newcomers … Here’s a word of advice for the women on the net: If you can’t stand the heat, ladies, then get out of the kitchen! Stop whining about how unfair the world is. Stop hiding behind paternalistic (maternalistic?) governmental laws. Stand on your own two feet and *earn* some respect! Sexual harassment on the net, with no possibility of physical contact, is nothing but another type of flame. Learn to handle it. Learn to give as good as you get … The net is a beautiful anarchy, just about the only one left on the face of the earth. Don’t kill it with censorship, laws, and lawsuits. Women of the net, conduct yourselves professionally, and, over time, you will get the respect you want and will then deserve.
Predictor: Landwehr, Larry
Prediction, in context:In 1993, in the Computer Underground Digest, an open forum dedicated to sharing information among computerists and to the presentation and debate of diverse views, Larry Landwehr made the following observation: ”Apparently ‘women in science’ are worried about being shut out of the mainstream of scientific communication by a cabal of scheming men. What’s next – eastern bankers, the tri-lateral commission, the red menace, or the international Jewish conspiracy? … The net has virtually no policies because it is so deeply decentralized. It is not ‘the policies’ which are presenting particular problems for women. It is the net culture. And the net culture presents challenges (not ‘problems’) to *all* newcomers … Here’s a word of advice for the women on the net: If you can’t stand the heat, ladies, then get out of the kitchen! Stop whining about how unfair the world is. Stop hiding behind paternalistic (maternalistic?) governmental laws. Stand on your own two feet and *earn* some respect! Sexual harassment on the net, with no possibility of physical contact, is nothing but another type of flame. Learn to handle it. Learn to give as good as you get … The net is a beautiful anarchy, just about the only one left on the face of the earth. Don’t kill it with censorship, laws, and lawsuits. Women of the net, conduct yourselves professionally, and, over time, you will get the respect you want and will then deserve. Don’t subscribe to the false religion that simple human nature can reasonably be ascribed to the pervasive misogyny of men. Don’t expect immediate gratification as the feminist movement so glaringly expects (the name ‘NOW’ is no coincidence).”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Censorship/Free Speech
Name of publication: Computer Underground Digest
Title, headline, chapter name: Some Comments on the London Times Educational Supplement Article
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://venus.soci.niu.edu/~cudigest/CUDS5/cud529.txt
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