Hmmm, looks like some guys even object to edit-a-thons, trashing their
posters
on campus...
http://www.newsrecord.org/news/students-combat-gender-imbalance-online/article_fd100a5c-e13c-11e4-9d73-d3ef3275ba46.html
On 5/2/2015 11:43 PM, Carol Moore dc wrote:
There was one very silly comment at the blog entry
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/01/meet-the-inspire-grantees/
So I couldn't help commenting on what I see as the big problem...
Having lots more edit-a-thons, etc. to get women to try Wikipedia is
great. But we can’t keep just ignoring the biggest problem – which is
guys, individually and too often in small groups, who don’t like or
think important information about women or which might be somewhat
more interesting to women than men. And they just don’t like women
coming into their “turf”, be it by adding information, opining on talk
pages or – Heavens forbid! – reverting them. In other words – sexism.
They often ignore a woman’s positive contributions but are quick to
criticize harshly anything they disagree with. Other guys may have
qualms about or even strongly dislike this kind of behavior, but most
of them will not repeatedly criticize it or fight to stop it. This
kind of sexism is rife among editors, administrators and arbitrators.
And probably too many Wikimedia Foundation employees. Ending sexism
has to be more action oriented from the top down if Wikipedia is going
to make it easier for women to edit, or to edit while they admit they
are female.
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