[Gendergap] Women's issues noticeboard
Fred Bauder
fredbaud at fairpoint.net
Tue Feb 22 19:47:35 UTC 2011
> Go ahead and do it if you feel passionate about it (of course), but you
> asked for people's views, so I'm just saying that you should be prepared
> for
> an awful mess of drama and bickering, some of which is likely to drive
> out
> the very women we're trying to retain.
>
> --
> Steven Walling
> Fellow at Wikimedia Foundation
> wikimediafoundation.org
>
I'm counting on the [[Hawthorne effect]], and I don't think I'm wrong. In
fact, some good rows and frank expression of sexist attitudes, if such
are held, is sure to attract passionate involvement by women. We need to
stake out a public position.
Fred
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