On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > I do believe that sexual harassment directed towards women does effect the > gender gap - perhaps not so much, but, after my Women and Wikimedia Survey > almost half of women did state that they were assaulted or harassed on > Wikipedia in some context and almost half said no, that's more than women > said a sexualized environment was impacting them. For me, this is more > deterimental then the accidental stumbling upon of porn on Wikipedia. There > have been moments in my Wikipedia-existence that I have wanted to leave the > community due to harassment, and I know I'm surely not the only woman on > this list who feels that way. I always like reading about how people are > handling situations like this on the internet, as I can only learn from > them. > > So, whether it's deterring current or future editors, I do think it's more > relevant than pornography at this time. > > But, perhaps I'm wrong! > > -Sarah > > > In the context of Wikipedia editing, what does it mean to have been "assaulted"? ~Nathan
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