On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Usually it's because they are busy. The smallest
group - 2% said because
of sexualized environments on wiki spaces. Which has led me to believe in
the red herring theory about porn and Wikipedia. I think it's concerning
about model contracts and so forth, but, I think we have bigger fish to fry
at this point. I think it's sexualized language and behavior that we need
to be more concerned about - sexist comments and bad manners. (and of
course, sexism can be experienced by people of any gender and has on
Wikipedia.) But, that relies on culture change and allies within the
community to shoot down behavior like that (civility!).
Please consider the likelihood that there may be a correlation between the
let-it-all-hang-out attitude towards porn, and the problem you describe as
"sexualized behavior – sexist comments and bad manners".
The let-it-all-hang-out approach towards porn is likely
– to attract people who engage in "sexualized behavior – sexist comments
and bad manners", and
– to repel the type of people who would be "allies within the community to
shoot down behaviour like that (civility!)".
A more responsible and mainstream approach, on the other hand, is apt to
repel the first and attract the second type of contributor.