I believe it to be useful to examine the issues raised and deal with
them if

the result would be of net benefit to the project.

This seems good, but it should happen in the usual debian forums as
far as possible.

As to the specific issue of the debian-women list, there is some
benefit to

providing protection to disadvantaged groups as a means of aiding

reintegration. While there are no shortage of disasterous examples
of this
process, there are also some examples where this is working well, and
I am

personally familiar with one such group.

Are you claiming that we are trying to use a model that works for one
group you know and probably some other examples, but has been
disasterous for many, or did I misunderstand that?

That is, interested extablished Debian
members take part in d-women discussions [...]

At the moment, what discussions are appropriate for -women that
wouldn't be more appropriate elsewhere if they do not involve women?

What isn't

helpful is full-blast attacks right from the outset. You won't get
very far

teaching a baby to walk if you beat it every time it falls down.

I don't think likening debian-women to a baby is appropriate!
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