Maybe I am too theoretical, or too closely linked with
the world of
education, but it seems to me that there might be a confusion on that
list about the kind of participation to encourage.
The kind of women I know are mostly teachers, or doctors, or work in
research institutes. They are perfectly able to write about scientific
subjects, and it seems to me that kind of participation would benefit
the cause more than stating they need to see girly stuff to feel
entitled to participate. They are not teenagers.
For instance an article about the pelagic ecosystem doesn't seem to me
very gender-oriented.
And for personal preferences there are personal blogs...
Arnaud
This list is about exploring any issue which might discourage any sort of
woman from editing and facilitating any change which might encourage any
woman to edit.
We want people to feel welcome. We want them to be able to start editing
productively with minimum fuss and to be treated appropriately should
there be conflict.
I think there is an issue with visualizing women editors as geeks, most
women don't see themselves that way, and those that do are probably
already editing. So it needs to be clear that anything any woman is
interested in is fair game for editing.
Fred