What Motivates Women - especially to write and edit? I think finding motivations many women share and tapping into those to encourage women to start and keep editing is key to this project I'm an atypical task oriented political organizing/writing maniac, so I'm not the best judge :-) I know many women are busy with home duties and myself have found the last 10 years that elder dog/new young dog care and barter-for-rent-housekeeping certainly have taken up a lot of my time. So I know it must be more for women with husbands, kids, elderly parents, etc. If I was working more than very part time (plus collecting social security), I wouldn't have the time. But for those who can squeeze in a few hours a week, what might be their biggest kick/motivator for writing about topics of interest? If the motivation is strong enough, even dealing with the male culture and/or dominance problem is easier psychologically for those who inadvertently or purposively venture into articles where lots of garrulous males hangout. Since many women (overly?) motivated by “selfless motives,” “Women: make the world a better and smarter place - edit Wikipedia!” Just a thought, based on part of my own motivation. Anyway, feel free to brainstorm on this topic more with your own personal female motivation! :-) Carol in DC PS: FYI, re: the long “Women’s Café” discussion at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Feminism#Women.27s_…. It did evolve into a Wikiproject Women idea, pretty much like the Feminism and LGBT projects. But at this point even other women-related projects are not getting many women contributing, so it seems premature to do another broader one. And there’s the chicken and egg problem - do we need a Wikiproject to make more women comfortable with staying or do need more women to support such a project??