On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Usually it's because they are busy. The smallest group - 2% said because > of sexualized environments on wiki spaces. Which has led me to believe in > the red herring theory about porn and Wikipedia. I think it's concerning > about model contracts and so forth, but, I think we have bigger fish to fry > at this point. I think it's sexualized language and behavior that we need > to be more concerned about - sexist comments and bad manners. (and of > course, sexism can be experienced by people of any gender and has on > Wikipedia.) But, that relies on culture change and allies within the > community to shoot down behavior like that (civility!). > Please consider the likelihood that there may be a correlation between the let-it-all-hang-out attitude towards porn, and the problem you describe as "sexualized behavior – sexist comments and bad manners". The let-it-all-hang-out approach towards porn is likely – to attract people who engage in "sexualized behavior – sexist comments and bad manners", and – to repel the type of people who would be "allies within the community to shoot down behaviour like that (civility!)". A more responsible and mainstream approach, on the other hand, is apt to repel the first and attract the second type of contributor.
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