On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Katherine Casey < fluffernutter.wiki@gmail.com> wrote:
Another day, another examplehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard&diff=564679884&oldid=564678700of casual sexism exhibited by en.wikipedia editors who mean absolutely no harm, but simply don't understand how they could cause harm while meaning none. I seem to havehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Another_admin_issuecaused significant alarm and offense to a number of male editors be publicly pointing out that I found the comment inappropriate.
Was there a better way to handle this? I can't help feeling that saying nothing or hatting the section would have been supporting the notion that it's either not a problem or not remarkable for male editors to make comments encouraging others to comment on female editors' bodies.
-Fluff
Hi Fluff, I see comments like that on WP regularly. Most people mean no harm, so it's a difficult thing to approach.
More shocking was this comment last month: "[Der Spiegel] ... swallowed what less considerate young ladies would have spit out ..." http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AJimbo_Wales&diff=5...
Only one editor commented on it. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AJimbo_Wales&diff=5...
Are you familiar with the [[Everyday Sexism Project]]? It aims to collect the kind of sexist comments that women read and hear all the time. http://www.everydaysexism.com/ It's in part intended to counter the "you're just being a killjoy" type response.
Sarah