Interesting commentary as far as it went. I wish he'd delved a little further into what he was saying.
Perception is important. I think people can act in good faith (for instance to reduce the size of a massive category) without realizing the effect of how the result looks. It may not be meant in a sexist way, but if the effect is "ghettoization", it looks sexist, and that does matter. There is the real need though to find women novelists, male nurses, etc. for studies. Apparently German WP has a system whereby one can query category intersections that are defined by the end user. ?This souns like a plausible solution, but I haven't used it myself (and do't speak German). Just thinking out loud here... Lady On 4/29/13, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sparked by the recent...situation.. > > http://reagle.org/joseph/pelican/social/wikipedia-and-gendered-categories.html > > Sar > > > -- > *Sarah Stierch* > */Museumist and open culture advocate/* > >>Visit sarahstierch.com <http://sarahstierch.com><< > _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
