[Gendergap] Hardcore images essay

[Kim van der Linde]

Ok, I do not think it is negative, degrading etc.

Kim

On 2/14/2011 7:59 PM, Sue Gardner wrote:
> On 14 February 2011 16:23, George Herbert<george.herbert at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Question: Are female participants discouraged by the hardcore
>> pornographic or explicit content in certain topics or articles?
>>
>> Do you find it offensive, degrading, discouraging?
>
> That's a great question, George: I'm glad you're asking it :-)
>
> Why don't we try this: let's ask every woman here to answer the
> question solely from her personal perspective. Let's refrain from
> speculating about what other women might think, and let's hold back on
> assessing or judging what anybody says. And let's take
> censorship/intervention/etc. off the table --- all we're doing here is
> information-gathering, we're not talking about implications.
>
> (Oh, and we should also be aware that the women here may be
> unrepresentative of the general population on this issue. If explicit
> imagery on the Wikimedia projects _were_ a major factor in the gender
> gap then women who currently edit would be unusual, in that they had
> NOT been deterred.)
>
> So the question is: female editors, have you come across explicit
> material on the Wikimedia projects that you find offensive, degrading
> or discouraging?
>
> Thanks,
> Sue
>
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