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?”.