On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch@gmail.com> 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.