Many things are made to be about gender when they are genuinely not. This is one of those things. The essay on meta titled "Don't be a dick" is very popular, widely quoted, and nobody has an issue with the fact that slang for male genitalia is being used pejoratively in reference to behaviour.
Eric has a filthy mouth and likes to use it to get a reaction from people. But it really isn't about gender. It's just an expletive. A civility issue, yes, a gender one, not at all. Julie On 26 July 2014 14:02, LB <lightbreath...@gmail.com> wrote: > One of my hurdles as an editor is incivility: a deficiency of it in others > and, according to some of them, too much of it in me - or too much > sensitivity. I started a discussion "Where and how to request a Civility > board" > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Where_and_how_to_request_a_Civility_board > and there seems to be some strong resistance to the idea. > > Disappointingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, the third person to reply > dragged gender into it, with this comment: > > "Besides, the easiest way to avoid being called a cunt is not to act > like one." > > I would surely like some feedback - here and there - about this. > > Lightbreather > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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