This point is so important I gave it its own subject line. Perhaps this
language can be worked into the statement of purpose of all the WMF
Gender gap projects... I also think Kerry should turn her whole
excellent statement into an essay for the WMF site and it should be
linked from GGTF main page.
On 12/29/2014 4:07 PM, Kerry Raymond wrote:
Does it matter? Believe me, a lot of people get really stuck at this
point and frame it as “well, if women don’t want to edit Wikipedia,
does it really matter? It’s their choice, isn’t it?” This is something
that really needs to get reframed. Yes, of course, many women don’t
Wikipedia because they simply aren’t interested in doing so (ditto
many men). But there are barriers to entry and barriers to continued
participation by women who are interested in doing so compared to men.
Try to reframe it “are women equally able to edit Wikipedia” or “are
there barriers to women editing?”.