Yeah, George! A definite role model for the list; but with such a common sense attitude, you should feel free to post a tiny bit more :-)
On 3/14/2011 8:33 PM, George Herbert wrote: > > I realize that my replying is in a sense violating what I'm about to > say below, but... > > I and some others who are male are here and either listening, or > listening and briefly asking what the women present (and absent) feel > about things and not asserting what you do or should think. > > I would appreciate not being locked out of part of the discussion. I > appreciate that doing so necessarily means I should be minimizing my > speaking out, and maximizing my listening, and I hope I've done so > successfully. > > That said, if the dynamics here overall have created a list which is > not optimal for encouraging women to participate, which I can clearly > see is possible, I understand your wanting to do something about it. > Two lists as proposed might be necessary. > > If this has happened on the list designed to talk about and fix the > problem of that happening... *bang head on the wall* Talk about > frustrating. We're supposed to be the "good guys", literally 8-( > > > My two cents, and I will now go back to listening. > > _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
