I can't think of a public space like GitHub where trans people have more power/privilege than cis people, where women have more power/privilege than men, or where Black people have more power/privilege than White people.

I don't see a problem if complaint responses take into account the geographical context of the complainant if there are different power structures at work there (though you may be hard-pressed to find such a place).

Michelle Obama, Beyonce and Oprah have dark skin and are women with much more power in any number of spaces than the average Joe the plumber.

Please let me know if Michelle Obama ever closes a pull request from you because you're not a Black woman. ;P

I am very curious though, what specific behavior are you worried this CoC will disallow? Can you give me an example of a bad outcome?

> Can you give me an example of a bad outcome?

"Your pull request has been denied / your opinion is invalid because you are white / male / cis / straight"

The CoC's part on "We will not act on complaints regarding" is basically stating that complaints about a statement like that - which is blatantly racist/sexist/etcist - will not be acted upon. Which is wrong.

But does she is marginalized and need your protection?

The point is, assuming it's impossible for a women to have power is extremely prejudiced

Just to clarify, I didn't say that I couldn't think of examples of specific people with power/privilege, I said that I couldn't think of examples of public spaces similar to GitHub where current power structures are inverted.

I'm not assuming that it's impossible for women to have power. I am listening to women who say that they feel unsafe when contributing to open source because of the power imbalance that exists (which this CoC seeks to help rectify).