On the other hand, I'd like to point out that the thread topic had already drifted to internet comments when I commented. I'm not sure why I was singled out.
And yes, what Janine-- someone who is sexist is also likely to be ablelist (spelling?), racist, classist, etc. From, Emily On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Janine Starykowicz <jrst...@barntowire.com> wrote: > Is there really a type of misogyny that stands alone from other nastiness? > In my experience, those who make comments against women also do about other > races, ethnics, sexual orientations, classes, etc. > > The problem with misogyny on Wikipedia is probably more that it is easier > to know if another editor is a woman vs. any of the other biases. > > Aside from having everyone use non-feminine usernames and not divulge > personal information, I'm not sure what else would work if this is the case. > > Janine > > Emily Monroe wrote: > >> Actually, I think that's true for all minorities--I know the comment >> section in the online edition of one of my local >> newspapers can turn pretty ugly if an article is written about a black >> guy getting arrested. That's less likely to happen if >> the suspect is white. >> >> From, >> Emily >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 7:31 PM, Valerie Aurora <vale...@adainitiative.org >> <mailto:vale...@adainitiative.org>> wrote: >> >> Abusive comments are a gender thing. Stories about or by women are >> more likely to get abusive comments, in public and private, based >> solely on the gender of the subject or the author. >> >> -VAL >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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