I'm not sure what "some of the seemingly most female-unfriendly parts of
the Internet" might be so Ellie would have to be more specific.
But in my experience writing in a variety of political and economic and
history-related articles on Wikipedia, it's all about "male intellectual
territory" where SOME (not all) guys just don't want women intruding or
challenging them. (And of course anything related to sex/gender that
SOME guys don't like will raise hackles.)
In the real world, women do not publish as many articles, books, etc. on
these "serious" topics; teach as many courses or have professorships on
these "serious" topics; etc. so their daring to act "as
knowledgable/smart/good as a guy" on Wikipedia is going to rankle SOME
guys.
I'm sure this is as bad or worse on in lots of other Wikipedia topic
areas like science, popular culture, etc. where male voices dominate and
SOME guys want to keep it that way.
CM
On 7/16/2015 5:25 PM, Sarah (SV) wrote:
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Ellie Kesselman
<myindigol...@gmail.com <mailto:myindigol...@gmail.com>> wrote:
So then, WHY is Wikipedia more anti-female than some of the
seemingly most female-unfriendly parts of the Internet? I don't
know, and it frightens me. I don't want to be subject to what
Lightbreather experienced. It just isn't worth the headache and
potentially, worse than that.
~Ellie (FeralOink)
Ellie, this is the question that puzzles everyone. Andreas (Jayen466)
summed up
<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Lightbreather/Proposed_decision&diff=prev&oldid=671687397>
the problem well yesterday, when he described the lack of empathy for
women's perspectives, an inability to identify with women. There is one
woman on the arbitration committee and several supportive men, but
they're in the minority.
None of that answers your question, though, namely why it's worse on
Wikipedia than on other websites.
Sarah
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