Thank you for bringing up this important subject. I would like to expand on this concept in that compared to so-called "normal people", hackers are enabled in certain ways and less-enabled in others. From my personal experience, human behaviour often does not make sense and I find myself at a loss as to how to interact appropriately. There seems to be some type of underlying protocol in which you are expected to respond in a prescribed manner, and if you don't then it eventually leads to social rejection behaviours such as bullying, teasing, ridicule or people passively giving you the silent treatment. Most people seem to know the protocol without having to learn it, but in my case, a good amount of effort was required before I was able to map out the structure and parameters of the protocol. Research shows that limitations in social interaction have more to do with the hardware of the brain rather than education, learning or the "software" of the brain. Or in other words, it is a type of physical disability. Our society has put a good amount of resources into accommodating people with physical disabilities but unfortunately has left people with my type of disability out in the cold. Often I find that instead of people offering assistance with my disability I encounter the type of social rejection behaviors mentioned earlier. In fact you can even observe social rejection behaviors occurring in the Sudo Room Discussion List, where people put up posts describing some sort of interaction which they unilaterally deem inappropriate and thus feel justified in broadcasting it to everyone along with demands for everybody to participate in social ostracism. I can see how some people may even have reservations about going to places like Sudo Room because it is not really a "Safe Space" for people with certain types of social disabilities. On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 5:55 AM, <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote: > > I was a little down because many well meaning people keep trying to direct > me to fields inappropriate for me.. Social work, children's education . > Mommy bloggers , public school teachers > > Maybe it's because I'm a woman ! But I'm a hacker and nerd at heart. > > Why do the powers that be try to take these making people and try to drown > them out to become bureaucrats? > > Even though we don't always get along we are honestly not passive like > most normal people. I love the energy at Noisebridge and Sudoroom. > > If I were forced to stop being a hacker and only socialize with passive > non creative folks it'd definitely be a downer > > But part of that energy comes with a dark side. We are often > temperamental. We do not function well In sanitized environments that are > "safe for kids". We Are not always the right people to do social work or > teach non passionates > > The energy comes with a price! > We are yin and yang. > > But id rather hang out with true ha hackers of all genders. I imagine my > future surrounded by bureaucrats and it's not pretty at all .. Or folks > lecturing me not to do my best work because their notions of a woman's > happiness are outdated and traditional > > I hope we can all hug next Sunday > > Love you all ! > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > sudo-discuss mailing list > sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss >