[WikiEN-l] Systemic bias wrt gender

Wed Nov 22 00:31:58 UTC 2006

On Nov 21, 2006, at 19:08, Fred Bauder wrote:

>
> On Nov 21, 2006, at 4:28 PM, niht-hræfn wrote:
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>> 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
>
Indeed, I'm not terribly worried about article coverage, but merely  
wondering if the difference is affecting other areas, such as policy.

--Keitei