For various reasons I've been studying policies on
both community and arbitration sanctions and looking at lists of
such sanctions here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:General_sanctions#Active_sanctions
Of particular interest is the recent arbitration
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Sexology
which here :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Sexology#Discretionary_sanctions
Specifies:
"Standard
discretionary sanctions are authorized for all articles
dealing with transgender issues and paraphilia classification
(e.g., hebephilia)."
From past postings here we know that editors who obviously are or
admit to being women have been insulted as women in very direct
fashion; I'm sure it must still go on today. (Searching WP:ANI I
see "sexism" has been brought up before and at least one openly
sexist attack lead to a block; I'm sure more research would find a
few more.)
Anyway, I don't see any current issues that would lead to either a
request for community sanctions or for arbitration sanctions where
admins could levy a sanction on sexist behavior without someone
having to go through WP:ANI. But it is something to keep in mind should there be a
number of related issues at the same time.
Of course, if all the women who leave after the first time
they get insulted as women ''knew'' that they could go to ANI and
at least get the editor warned, and if they were supported by
people who told them about the process and how it works, there
might be a lot more women around. At the very least it's something we can do as
individuals if we see women editors attacked.
Of course, the problem is most of the behavior is more the
subtle double standard type where those perceived as women may get
30-40% more grief than editors assumed to be men, or have their
edits reverted more and their concerns more generally ignored;
however, the behaviors don't quite reach the level where they
could support a complaint.
I don't know if any of this is something that any of the Gender
Gap projects would want to address in a more organized fashion.
But had it in mind. Thanks.
CM in DC