And while suggesting we "involve more women" can seem like a no-brainer, this also puts even more burden on the very people who are being let down in the first place… We never want "involving women" to become a way to offload our own responsibilities onto them! So we do our best with the time and resources we have. And if that best is not good enough for everybody, all I can say is that it’s not for lack of trying.
It's good that you're aware of this pitfall, but I don't see this as a reason to continue on as you have. This strikes me like a too-convenient excuse. Many women in CSS would probably see it as an opportunity, not a burden. There's no harm in actively involving more women while agreeing to listen to them if they say they need more from the rest of the team.
To be clear, we absolutely welcome feedback and involvement from women, sorry if I didn't make that clear.
It's just that from my own discussions with women on this very topic, it's become clear that a common response to raising any kind of representation issue is to put the onus back on the victimized community to fix it ("oh our conference is not diverse enough? well why don't you send us a list of women who want to participate and we'll consider it!").
I wanted to communicate the fact that I'm aware of this, and for that reason am not expecting others to fix the issues with our own product. Sorry if that didn't come across properly.
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It's good that you're aware of this pitfall, but I don't see this as a reason to continue on as you have. This strikes me like a too-convenient excuse. Many women in CSS would probably see it as an opportunity, not a burden. There's no harm in actively involving more women while agreeing to listen to them if they say they need more from the rest of the team.
To be clear, we absolutely welcome feedback and involvement from women, sorry if I didn't make that clear.
It's just that from my own discussions with women on this very topic, it's become clear that a common response to raising any kind of representation issue is to put the onus back on the victimized community to fix it ("oh our conference is not diverse enough? well why don't you send us a list of women who want to participate and we'll consider it!").
I wanted to communicate the fact that I'm aware of this, and for that reason am not expecting others to fix the issues with our own product. Sorry if that didn't come across properly.