--- On Sun, 6/2/11, Sarah Stierch sarah@sarahstierch.com wrote:
From: Sarah Stierch sarah@sarahstierch.com Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Hello and a (small!) manifesto To: "Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects" gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Sunday, 6 February, 2011, 17:26
Hi Andreas! Welcome to the list.
I think women react differently to incidents like this. A bloke will dig his heels in and on some level relish the pissing contest, and if need be waste three hours online on it.
A woman will think, "I can't be bothered to waste my time arguing with that ignorant twerp", and go and do something else – and remember that WP ain't worth her time. In this way, enthusiasm is killed very quickly.
I totally agree! This is what happened to me when I first started editing. I originally just gave up and say "Screw this" and moved along.
:D
Sarah :) Andreas