On Nov 24, 2006, at 5:42 PM, Puppy wrote:
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?
This is the mailing list, not Wikipedia. But yes, your reasonable
concern was responded to poorly by several people.
Fred