Unless Erik has alter egos posting here, I
didn't have any problems with
*his* comments. I find the idea that men and women are automatically
equal participants on a list like this a bit naive, but it's not offensive.
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 4:04 PM, George Herbert <george.herbert(a)gmail.com
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Laura Hale
<laura(a)fanhistory.com>
wrote:
[...]
Erik's comment made me feel decidedly uncomfortable. On a list
dedicated to
helping increase the female participation rates
on Wikipedia, Erik
basically
said: WOMENS! THEY IS DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ME!
If I went to some
women's
communities and I posted Erik's comment (and
comments of other male
posters)
with the context of these comments being said on
a list dedicated to
increasing female participation rates...
... well, you'd potentially have a mob involved. This effort? It
would
appear extremely sexist. (The large male
involvement, the
defensiveness of
men regaridng their participation contribute to
this image.) That
these
sexist comments are coming from the Deputy
Director of WMF? It makes
this
worst because it is sexism coming from inside the
institution.
If you and Erik want to belong, that's great. It should be purely in
support roles: Women say they are doing this project and need help.
WMF
officials step in and say we can help this way.
If this was the
general
mode of male participation on the list, of
specific support offered in
response to specific requests, male involvement would be less
problematic.
I would like to hear more from other women here on your impressions of
and responses to Erik's comments.
--
-george william herbert
george.herbert(a)gmail.com
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