On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Laura Hale <[email protected]> wrote: >[...] > Erik's comment made me feel decidedly uncomfortable. On a list dedicated to > helping increase the female participation rates on Wikipedia, Erik basically > said: WOMENS! THEY IS DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ME! If I went to some women's > communities and I posted Erik's comment (and comments of other male posters) > with the context of these comments being said on a list dedicated to > increasing female participation rates... > > ... well, you'd potentially have a mob involved. This effort? It would > appear extremely sexist. (The large male involvement, the defensiveness of > men regaridng their participation contribute to this image.) That these > sexist comments are coming from the Deputy Director of WMF? It makes this > worst because it is sexism coming from inside the institution. > > If you and Erik want to belong, that's great. It should be purely in > support roles: Women say they are doing this project and need help. WMF > officials step in and say we can help this way. If this was the general > mode of male participation on the list, of specific support offered in > response to specific requests, male involvement would be less problematic.
I would like to hear more from other women here on your impressions of and responses to Erik's comments. -- -george william herbert [email protected] _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
