[Gendergap] Repeated challenging of womens' experience doesn't help process

[carolmooredc at verizon.net]

I have seen over last 10 days a lot of challenging and denial of women's 
experience here, which I don't think is helpful for coming up with 
solutions.

As others have said, a next step for the foundation may be to do a study 
of why women leave wikipedia (either as newbies or experienced users) 
and a number of reasons have been given here from individual womens' 
experience which might help create a check box format. (With "other" 
being give lots of room.)

Some examples may represent the experience of 40%, some of only 3%. But 
if women are going to be challenged every time they discuss a problem 
they've had, it's going to make it pretty hard to get them to say much 
else here or to encourage them to help forward the project of getting 
more women involved.

So think before you write.

Thanks!  Carol in dc