"My girlfriend hates Windows, how can I encourage her to use Linux?"
"Almost no women attend my local LUG. How can I fix this?"
"Why aren't there more women in open source?"
Read the links below for my favorite example of modern-day sexism:
Initial post to the Sydney LUG mailing list, by a woman:
http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug-chat/2001/October/msg00286.html
Follow-up posts diagnosing the problem as "over-stressed female":
http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug-chat/2001/October/msg00290.html
http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug-chat/2001/October/msg00312.html
Gee, surprise, these two responses are enough to drive her away:
http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug-chat/2001/October/msg00313.html
Hysterically funny and heroic response from another woman:
http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug-chat/2001/October/msg00317.html
Despite the pointed sarcasm, obnoxious man still doesn't get it:
http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug-chat/2001/October/msg00319.html
A perfect response from a man who does get it:
http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug-chat/2001/October/msg00321.html
Sexism is alive and well, and it is driving women out of Linux. You can argue that the Linux users joking about "over-stressed females" in the above posts are ignorant, or stupid, or well-meaning, or should in some way not be labeled sexist, but the result of their actions is that women are leaving Linux, something we would like to prevent.