I do believe that sexual harassment directed towards women does
effect the gender gap - perhaps not so much, but, after my Women and
Wikimedia Survey almost half of women did state that they were
assaulted or harassed on Wikipedia in some context and almost half
said no, that's more than women said a sexualized environment was
impacting them. For me, this is more deterimental then the
accidental stumbling upon of porn on Wikipedia. There have been
moments in my Wikipedia-existence that I have wanted to leave the
community due to harassment, and I know I'm surely not the only
woman on this list who feels that way. I always like reading about
how people are handling situations like this on the internet, as I
can only learn from them.
So, whether it's deterring current or future editors, I do think
it's more relevant than pornography at this time.
But, perhaps I'm wrong!
-Sarah