[Gendergap] Nine Reasons Women Don't Edit Wikipedia

[Sue Gardner]

Hey folks,

I did a superfast compilation of online comments by women talking
about why they don't edit Wikipedia:
http://suegardner.org/2011/02/19/nine-reasons-why-women-dont-edit-wikipedia-in-their-own-words/

A couple of things struck me: Most of the reasons cited by women for
not editing probably apply to men too. Most are deeply rooted culture
stuff that will take time to change. And I was particularly interested
to read women saying they believe the bar for notability is higher for
the topics they write about, than it is for 'male' or 'ungendered'
topics.

Thanks,
Sue





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