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Why women edit less
Study after study by researchers, sitting in ivory towers, about the causes of the gender gap on Wikipedia, yet none have studied what is obvious to many of the foot-soldiers edting here.
For example: How about the use of derogatory language when it comes to depicting women on Wikipedia referring to them females. This has been brought up time and again, but is still dismissed as silliness by many, including editors who themselves belong to a marginalized real-life group such as Gay (for example).
And how about marginalizing those who support more inclusiveness of women. It is not unheard of to characterize such editors who are perceived to be men as ‘’creepy’’. It creates an environment where any editor who is the target of attacks (many/most editors here) must think twice before showing support for these issues. Ottawahitech (talk) 18:43, 5 November 2016 (UTC)please ping me[reply]
I never thought of molluscs as having some kind of female connotations. Or asteroids as male - they're just big rocks in space, what could be less gendered? Maybe there is something I am missing.--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 06:40, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]