> I searched for "hairdresser" and was directed to barber. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairdresser > > Kind of interesting, that it directs to barber and then discusses male > barbers and men's haircutting culture. > > Surely I can't be the only person who finds this odd... > > Really needs some gender neutrality... Cosmetology is the closest thing > to > any article that discusses "hairdressers" "hair stylists" and it's > basically > a paragraph. > > Just surprises me..no "hairstylists" content on Wikipedia. If I am > missing > something, or passing over it, please correct me! Another example on the > struggles we have here... (for example, the hair stylist Frederic Fekkai > links to barber....and he's an icon of women's hair styling and is > considered a "hairdresser" or stylist) > > -Sarah
Actually, it's not as bad as you think. No one has written a good hairdressers article. What we have is at Beauty salon, which has little about beauty shop culture. What is needed is a several good articles: probably hairdressing, beauty shop, and beauty salon. Fred _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap