Fred Bauder wrote:
As I said earlier, women obviously are doing something
else which
they find more worthwhile. We should continue to have a welcoming
attitude, which I maintain we have as is shown by our enthusiasm in
advancing women to leadership positions. We should be on the lookout
for bias or other bad behavior towards women editors and do what we
can to mitigate its effects.
<snip>
Fred
Would our "welcoming attitude" to women and "being on the lookout
for
bad behavior and mitigating its effects" include chastising men who make
overtly sexist and insulting remarks? Alphax made such remarks, and thus
far two people have spoken up - Mindspillage, a female; and Guettarda.
When I first started contributing to this thread I received a number of
emails, all from women, all thanking me and encouraging me, yet none of
them posted to the list. Now I know why. There is no longer any question
of whether there is gender bias on WP: it has been demonstrated here.
Sean actually attacked Guettarda for calling bigotry what it is - now,
if someone had made comments similar to Alphax's about a minority ethnic
group, would anyone have kept quiet? Would Sean have called someone
speaking up against it "malicious needling", as he characterized
Guettarda's comments? How is Guettarda's email "malicious needling", yet
Alphax's overt misogyny doesn't even rate a comment?
-kc-