I agree. But, it hasn't been serving those women who don't very well. The NFL is appearing to have a better track record right now than the Wikimedia community... in handling harassers and that's not saying much at all :)
Sarah On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:36 AM, LB <lightbreath...@gmail.com> wrote: > And of course, that is the nub of the problem. Women shouldn't have to > keep their heads down and write about acceptable and uncontroversial things > to avoid getting harassed. (Also, I'm not sure even editing women > scientists would be safe.) > > Lightbreather > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks Nathan. I do concur that harassment to the level myself, Carol and >> other very active outspoken women have experienced on/off wiki is not the >> standard experience for every woman who lines up to click edit. >> >> It sucks that it happens. But I also always remind people - unless you >> are editing controversial subjects or pose a direct threat to the >> patriarchy you won't get messed with. Or at least not much. >> >> Just keep your head down and write about knitting and women scientists. >> You will be "just fine..." >> >> (With slight sarcasm :) >> >> Sarah >> > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > -- Sarah Stierch ----- Diverse and engaging consulting for your organization. www.sarahstierch.com
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