[Gendergap] How to increase women's participation on Wikipedia

[SlimVirgin]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 16:47, Laura Hale <laura at fanhistory.com> wrote:
> Michael's comment saying women need to act like men, and that the only way
> for women to participate on Wikipedia is to act like men (which is exactly
> how his comment of WOMEN SHOULD ACT LIKE PEOPLE reads.  Pretend that Michael
> was white.  Then pretend that Michael said that African Americans or
> Aboriginals could participate correctly if they stopped acting like African
> Americans or Aboriginals and instead acted like people, RE: WHITE PEOPLE WHO
> ARE THE DOMINANT GROUP.)
>
I read a thought experiment a few years ago by an academic philosopher
who suggested inserting Blacks and Whites in place of women and men in
any discussion you think might be sexist. When you do that, the sexism
can become more obvious.

Sarah