What Motivates Women - especially to write and edit? I think finding
motivations many women share and tapping into those to encourage women
to start and keep editing is key to this project
I'm an atypical task oriented political organizing/writing maniac, so
I'm not the best judge :-) I know many women are busy with home duties
and myself have found the last 10 years that elder dog/new young dog
care and barter-for-rent-housekeeping certainly have taken up a lot of
my time.
So I know it must be more for women with husbands, kids, elderly
parents, etc. If I was working more than very part time (plus collecting
social security), I wouldn't have the time.
But for those who can squeeze in a few hours a week, what might be their
biggest kick/motivator for writing about topics of interest? If the
motivation is strong enough, even dealing with the male culture and/or
dominance problem is easier psychologically for those who inadvertently
or purposively venture into articles where lots of garrulous males hangout.
Since many women (overly?) motivated by “selfless motives,” “Women: make
the world a better and smarter place - edit Wikipedia!” Just a thought,
based on part of my own motivation.
Anyway, feel free to brainstorm on this topic more with your own
personal female motivation! :-)
Carol in DC
PS: FYI, re: the long “Women’s Café” discussion at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Feminism#Women.27s_….
It did evolve into a Wikiproject Women idea, pretty much like the
Feminism and LGBT projects. But at this point even other women-related
projects are not getting many women contributing, so it seems premature
to do another broader one. And there’s the chicken and egg problem - do
we need a Wikiproject to make more women comfortable with staying or do
need more women to support such a project??