[WikiEN-l] Systemic bias wrt gender

[Fred Bauder]

On Nov 24, 2006, at 5:42 PM, Puppy wrote:

> When I first started contributing to this thread I received a  
> number of
> emails, all from women, all thanking me and encouraging me, yet  
> none of
> them posted to the list. Now I know why. There is no longer any  
> question
> of whether there is gender bias on WP: it has been demonstrated here.
> Sean actually attacked Guettarda for calling bigotry what it is - now,
> if someone had made comments similar to Alphax's about a minority  
> ethnic
> group, would anyone have kept quiet? Would Sean have called someone
> speaking up against it "malicious needling", as he characterized
> Guettarda's comments? How is Guettarda's email "malicious  
> needling", yet
> Alphax's overt misogyny doesn't even rate a comment?

This is the mailing list, not Wikipedia. But yes, your reasonable  
concern was responded to poorly by several people.

Fred