On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 7:23 AM, emijrp <emi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2011/12/1 Carol Moore <carolmoor...@verizon.net> > >> Fundraising from women is an interesting topic. You may think comments >> about sexism and the Wikipedia community are nonsense, but guess what. >> Women who take a lot of sexist nonsense AT wikipedia sure aren't going >> to donate TO wikipedia, are they? >> >> Also, since women in general are busier with work AND family >> responsibilities, so often the women who have the most time to edit are >> unemployed, disabled, retired or otherwise on limited incomes. >> > > [citation needed] > > Furthermore, editing Wikipedia only requires 30 minutes a day/week. I'm > sure all women waste more time watching TV. But watching TV is funnier for > most the people. > > In the other hand, looks like women in all ages have time to waste in > Facebook > http://www.kenburbary.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Image1_thumb3.pngAnd > gender balance is fifty-fifty. >
The above statement about the women who have the time to edit WP is patently false, and not my experience with the women I see around the project. Most of those women are single and childless; I think that I may be the only serious WP content editor who is married and has children, or at least the only one I know about. The above statement also buys into the stereotype that we're trying to combat in WP. I think it's true that most women are busy with homes and family, and they choose to volunteer their time in other ways. I volunteer in other ways, too, and my interests in WP match my interests in home and family. I spend an average of 30 minutes a day editing, and I think of it as both a creative outlet and as a way to volunteer. I wonder if WP editing were presented to women in that way it would make a difference. Want to make the world a better place? Edit Wikipedia! ;) Christine Username: Figureskatingfan
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