[Gendergap] A roadmap to the future in place of ¨genealogy¨ of the gendergap

2011-03-18 Thread patricia morales
Dear Sue and all,   We can suffer under an entropic dispute on the multiple origins of the gendergap Gender discrimination is the consequence of a long historic heritage in most of the peoples of the world (there are notable exceptions). ´ We are in a key moment of history where the gender

Re: [Gendergap] What to do about sexism when we see it on WP?

2011-03-18 Thread Sarah
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 15:34, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote: The behavior you describe is all too common on Wikipedia (and even worse on Commons). I could quote some much more blatant examples than the one you cite, but I'll spare everyone the groans. I think the problem is that

Re: [Gendergap] What to do about sexism when we see it on WP?

2011-03-18 Thread Andreas Kolbe
I've added sexual innuendo to the en:WP civility policy, under other uncivil behaviours: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ACivilityaction=historysubmitdiff=419506099oldid=416379114 Andreas --- On Fri, 18/3/11, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: From: Sarah

[Gendergap] Collective intelligence

2011-03-18 Thread Joseph Reagle
Hashmi, Thomas W. Malone Anita Williams Woolley, Christopher F. Chabris, Alex Pentland, Nada Hashmi, Thomas W. Malone ~Evidence for a collective intelligence factor in the performance of human groups j=Science m=October 29 pp=686-688 v=330 y=2010 r=20110318 The authors propose a "colle

Re: [Gendergap] What to do about sexism when we see it on WP?

2011-03-18 Thread Fred Bauder
However, I also do worry about double standards. For example, earlier somewhere someone suggested we visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochre where a barebreasted woman was used to illustrate the use of it as a body paint in Africa. I made the point that I really would like to know if men