If you want to see how this is a problem that reaches to the top, I have just added the refs from a recent lecture about the sexism that is directed at our first female Prime Minister - Julia Gillard<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Gillard>. Politics is a very rough business so it is hard to separate out the usual bad treatment from special bad treatment for any politician but the sexism directed at Gillard is a case that has been made by reputable people in reputable fora. I hope my addition to her article lasts.
Whiteghost.ink On 8 September 2012 06:10, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting that you posted this Pete. I was actually mentioned to me > today that Quora is also having it's own problem with the gender gap. > > Thanks for sharing this! (I'm going to share the link with a few other > folks not on this list from Geek Feminism) > > Sarah > > > > On 9/7/12 12:40 PM, Pete Forsyth wrote: > > Hi, > > Just wanted to point out this discussion. If you're not familiar with Quora, > it's a question-and-answer site, which has generally done a good job of > attracting intelligent and thoughtful participants. (The site sometimes > requires you to make an account to see its content, but this question is > fully visible without an account.) > > Anyway, the question is: > > Is online hate speech directed toward women escalating in recent years, or is > it just being documented and talked about > more?http://www.quora.com/Internet-Culture/Is-online-hate-speech-directed-toward-women-escalating-in-recent-years-or-is-it-just-being-documented-and-talked-about-more > > As I write this, there are two interesting answers; in addition, the more > detailed version of the question has a number of interesting links. > > Just thought list members might want to look at a related discussion in a > different forum. > > -Pete > > -- > Pete Forsyth > [[User:Peteforsyth]] > Principal, Wiki Strategies > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing > listGendergap@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > -- > *Sarah Stierch* > *Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow* > >>Mind the gap! Support Wikipedia women's outreach: donate > >>today<https://donate.wikimedia.org/> > << > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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