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=== Actual physical violence === |
=== Actual physical violence === |
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| − | * Teemu Hukkanen [https://twitter.com/NGC_3572/status/857897462513664002 accused of aggravated assault] of his ex partner in 2017 |
+ | * Debian and Fairphone developer Teemu Hukkanen [https://twitter.com/NGC_3572/status/857897462513664002 accused of aggravated assault] of his ex partner in 2017 |
==== Against geek women ==== |
==== Against geek women ==== |
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Latest revision as of 03:02, 25 July 2017
Women in geek communities are sometimes the victims of threatened or actual physical violence, ranging from assault to rape or even murder.
Incidents
Threats
Against geek women
- Kathy Sierra incident
- MikeeUSA's activities:
- Debian and LinuxChix harassment
- Further threats during the 2009 women in FLOSS discussions
Actual physical violence
- Debian and Fairphone developer Teemu Hukkanen accused of aggravated assault of his ex partner in 2017
Against geek women
- École Polytechnique massacre -- 28 women shot, 14 killed, at an engineering school
- Murder of Annie Le -- Doctoral pharmacy student murdered on campus at Yale University
By geek men against non-geek women
- Hans Reiser's murder of his wife