> It is remarkable that, when faced with a gap of this nature, that one > could > come to the conclusion that it is not a gender issue, as if it were > merely > that millions (billions?) of members of one social class had individual > difficulties dealing with members of another social class and that for > some > strange and unknowable reason these difficulties did not flow in the > other > direction. Is the solution mass therapy?
In a sense, yes. For example, in the UK there is thinking that the English countryside is, in some sense, white. What can you do to make all of the other people who live in England feel at home there? A few bus trips for Moslem women to English villages is not enough, nor are a few specials on BBC, the catch is that major societal change takes generations. It might be that the announced goal of 25% participation in a short period is unrealistic, but the time to start, on this and similar problems, was yesterday if any progress at all is to be made. Feeling at home is very much the goal, being free to participate, or not, without emotional barriers being involved. Fred _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
