[Gendergap] Hello and a (small!) manifesto

[Andreas Kolbe]

--- On Sun, 6/2/11, Sarah Stierch <sarah at sarahstierch.com> wrote:

From: Sarah Stierch <sarah at sarahstierch.com>
Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Hello and a (small!) manifesto
To: "Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects" <gendergap at lists.wikimedia.org>
Date: Sunday, 6 February, 2011, 17:26



  
    
    
  
  
    Hi Andreas! Welcome to the list.

    

    
      I think women react differently to incidents like this. A bloke will dig his 
heels in and on some level relish the pissing contest, and if need be waste 
three hours online on it. 

A woman will think, "I can't be bothered to waste my time arguing with that 
ignorant twerp", and go and do something else – and remember that WP ain't 
worth her time. In this way, enthusiasm is killed very quickly.

    
    

    I totally agree! This is what happened to me when I first started
    editing. I originally just gave up and say "Screw this" and moved
    along. 

    

    :D 

    Sarah
:)
Andreas


      
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