Chloe Dubois's Journal: I am returned.

Noël was quite the beautiful event, it was; Yves and I managed to get a few weeks off from our works to go for a lovely trip to ski in the swiss Alps. It is so enchanting up there with all the snow, and the mountains are all so unbelieveably high!

Well, I just wanted to start this journal on a happy note, because unfortunately the rest of this journal may not be so happy :-( I recently quit my old job as systeme administrateur because my boss, he was sexuelly harassing me! How could something so terrible happen to me? Now I am back in the hell of the unemployment. Nobody wants to hire a female to work their computer systemes. Nobody believes that I have been using the Linux for three years, and that I am a competent programmer and administrater.

The people on this Slashdot site seem much more tolerant than real life peoples, at the least; while I am disheartened partially by the childish reactions of a few people, including somebody who keeps moderating my posts down as "troll", and that these children did scare me away from the Slashdot for a long time, I have been realizing that every Internet site has a share of idiots and stupides and that I should not hold it against Slashdot that a few of its users are so intolerant. So, I am back ^_^ Many thank yous to all the friendly persons who send me mails and give nice replies to my comments!

Advice from another female...

[SlashChick]

Chloe,

I hope you are really what you seem. I have seen some "females" on Slashdot who really are just male cross-dressers. Yick. :(

Anyway, as another female (good-looking and not the stereotypical "fat" programmer female) here, welcome to the sexist environment that is the computer field. I, too, have been harrassed and mistaken for the secretary ("Hey, can you make me a copy of this? Will you grab us some coffee?"), but that is subsiding as I get older. I have learned to deal with it and take it in stride.

We are a rare breed; those few females who dare to join a class of society that is possibly one of the most male-dominated in history. Keep your head high and remember that self-confidence goes a long way when dealing with men.

Good luck,
Erica