Do you actually know that the 9% I reffer is the study who shows that only 9% of wp users are female, right? Because for your answer I don't quite think you did.
And I'm here because I'm a woman and a wikipedian. I'm sorry if I don't felt under group pression and thinks exactly like you do. _____ *Béria Lima* Wikimedia Portugal <http://wikimedia.pt> (351) 963 953 042 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer.* On 1 October 2011 14:55, Maggie <rockerre...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Beria > I'm not clear what point you are trying to prove, other than the 9% of > "girls'" voices don't matter. I also find it questionable that you refer to > women as girls and don't hesitate ponder why you don't call men boys. > > Many women, like myself, get driven off of WP due to frustration with the > hierarchy, which does exist. Women are treated with less respect, women are > questioned for their motives, women are called prudish if they object to > sexualizing images--or they are told their voices are not important because > they only comprise 9% of the population. > > Why do you think they only comprise 9% then? > > My goal on WP is to make it more diverse, and TBH I'm not too into this > picture discussion that has gone on for months. But it doesn't mean that it > doesn't matter or it isn't an important one, and it doesn't mean that the > women who care about it aren't important. > > Offense is not the reason here, IMO. Offense barely scratches the surface. > I can imagine that many of the people on this list are angry--they are angry > that women are being objectified and because women are in the minority on > the community and it's an uninviting, sometimes terribly creepy atmosphere, > their voices do not matter. > > As for badly written? My god that is the worst you can say? In writing > terms that is just snide and a low blow. Basically, only someone who can > think of no other insult would say this. "Well it's badly written and has > spelling mistakes!" Come on, get a fucking life. > > Wikipedia is set up so that only people who look for these > articles/pictures will know about voting procedures. So of course if there > is a vote, the majority would probably be overall positive unless serious > canvassing went on to let people who care about the other side know about it > so it evens out. Canvassing is set up to prevent this--I believe it's > actually a way of biasing the community to serve only the community, and not > the readers. Because the readers are--the world. Telling people about the > topic is just like how any election goes. I guess unless you are in some > sort of fake election where people are led to believe that their votes > actually count. > > Nowhere did you prove that she lied in that article. You only stated how > you disagree with her opinion. Obviously you are not part of this group for > the interest of women, otherwise you would care about that 9%'s opinion---so > why are you subscribing??? > > --Maggie > >> >> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 5:49 AM, B?ria Lima <beria.l...@wikimedia.pt> >> wrote: >> >> >> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2011-September/069078.html >> _____ >> *B?ria Lima* >> Wikimedia Portugal <http://wikimedia.pt> >> (351) 963 953 042 >> >> *Imagine um mundo onde ? dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter >> livre acesso ao somat?rio de todo o conhecimento humano. ? isso o que >> estamos a fazer.* >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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