On 6/4/12 5:29 AM, koltzenburg@w4w.net wrote: 
hi @all, 

it seems to me the WP needs a mailingslist or other outlet for sex issues of all shades
since there seem to be quite a few who think it belongs in the gendergap list - exclusively...?

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

Claudia On Mon, 4 Jun 2012 12:13:42 +0100, Tom Morris wrote



The BBC broadcast a half hour documentary on Saturday called 'Guns, Girls 
and Games' which deals with sexual harassment in video games.

<http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00s9jly>

Two of the women interviewed in the programme run websites which try to 
highlight harassment and misogyny in online games:

<http://fatuglyorslutty.com/>
<http://www.notinthekitchenanymore.com/>

They also briefly discussed the homophobia and racism present in some 
gaming communities.

Incidentally, Xbox Live's response to homophobia is a perfect example of 
how to not solve these kinds of problems. They simply made it so users 
couldn't express their sexual orientation on their profiles. 'Cos, you 
know, the best way to make gay users feel like comfortable and welcome 
members of a community is to force them back in the closet for their own protection…

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Tom Morris
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thanks & cheers,
Claudia
koltzenburg@w4w.net


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