Women editors might have something to add about
nursing and the history of nursing that adds gender-specific value, increasing our
coverage of the subject. So a workshop at a nursing convention might be valuable.
Fred
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From: Amir E. Aharoni <amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il>
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Mon, 07 May 2018 04:52:31 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Gendergap approach causing problems
2018-05-07 9:55 GMT+03:00 Jane Darnell <jane023(a)gmail.com>om>:
Amir,
It's funny - after reading your mail I wondered if I had read Romaine's
mail correctly.
You had probably read it correctly.
Generally, I'm wondering whether direct invitations to women or people of
color (or women of color, etc.) work as they should. Many people say that
they work. They may be right, at least in part. If I understand correctly,
Romaine says that he has doubts about it, and he's probably right, too, at
least for some people.
I'm just trying to say that diversity is important. How do we reach it? I
don't have very good answers. Probably not "one size fits all".
I mean, I want that woman about whom Romaine was speaking to contribute her
knowledge. I want everybody to contribute their knowledge. Unless I missed
it, Romaine didn't write what is her expertise, but just for the sake of
the example, let's make something up and say that it's Astronomy.
Do I want her to contribute her knowledge about Astronomy? Of course I do.
Should I tell her that I hope that she contributes her knowledge about
Astronomy? I probably should. (Do correct me if I'm wrong.)
Do I think that she has something to say about Astronomy that men don't?
Yes, it's quite possible. Should I tell her that? Hmm, I don't know. Maybe,
maybe not. I think that this is the question that Romaine is trying to
raise. And again, please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Thanks for reminding everyone that we live in the 21st Century, where
there are plenty of women role models at the top of previously male
dominated professions, not just nursing.
The Wikipedia community has the most success at correcting gender bias
by encouraging interested volunteers of any gender to create articles
which help correct that bias, in all subjects.
Fae
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