[WikiEN-l] Systemic bias wrt gender

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On Nov 21, 2006, at 4:28 PM, niht-hræfn wrote:

> The recent thread on the low numbers of women applying for ArbCom and
> subsequent discussion about systemic bias and under-representation of
> women has led me to wonder about the nature of gender-related
> systemic bias on the English Wikipedia.

I suspect the cause is simply that women have something else to do  
with their time that they enjoy more. However, I also suspect enough  
women will edit, that "women's subjects" will eventually be  
adequately handled.

Fred

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