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 most guys do not understand that creating an unwanted sexualized > environment is a form of sexism and an abuse of male privilege (and that > it has a real effect on women's participation in the project). Indeed, I > imagine some do not even comprehend the concept of "unwanted sexualized > environment". Perhaps it would be helpful to point them to: > http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Sexualized_environment > > This reminds me of my unsuccessful attempt to get WP:HOTTIE deleted :( > > For the long term, we should think about trying to get wording added to > either the Civility policy or the Harassment policy about offensive > verbal comments and sexual innuendo. > Ryan, thanks for the link to the "sexualized environment" page. http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Sexualized_environment Perhaps the best thing to do when we see these comments is just add a link to that page.
I'd like to try to add something to the civility policy about sexual innuendo. I think so long as it's low key we could manage that fairly easily (famous last words). Sarah _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
