On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Philippe Beaudette <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 9:01 PM, Adrianne Wadewitz <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Many women react in ways that are just as sexist as men. Some of >> the most damaging sexism I have seen on Wikipedia came from female >> editors. We should not exclude male voices based on the assumption >> that they could be sexist but allow any female voice. >> >> > I've struggled with this list, today. I feel emotionally blackmailed - as > though because I'm male I'm bad. But the truth is, I've sat and read. I'm > not sure I've posted since my introduction. I've commiserated, and I've > looked for solutions. There are others like me. I work with some of them. > It hurts to be painted with broad strokes, and I understand that's what > women have dealt with forever... but it's no fun. And Kaldari, for > instance, is the most radical feminist I know... and he's male. > > Exclusionary practices are out of line with Wikimedia - at least the > Wikimedia I want to be a part of. > > Adrianne, thank you for you post. It was powerful and drew me out of > silence. > > Philippe > > ______________________ > Philippe Beaudette > Head of Reader Relations > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > I found this entire thread rather entertaining, blown out of proportion. If we agree to this, I'd like to propose another sub-list for Caucasian Wikipedians and non-Caucasians and then several other sub-groups till everyone has their own list. ;) Elizabeth -- Oops, my karma ran over your dogma.
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