I have nothing much to say on this subject. I don't think too much about feminism; I think it's great. And I don't care about a girl version of Wikipedia. If they want it, that's fine. I will say that I can't imagine how Wikipedia discriminates; I have edited several pages from a few different computers (and IP addresses) and have never registered or signed in to anything. Therefore, I can't see how it would discriminate; I surely haven't seen much gender discrimination in the articles (and in such a case, that could be fixed). Just looking at some statistic only tells you so much; as I said in one comments thread, I think it's plausible to think that maybe women would prefer to do things anonymously as opposed to registering and entering any information; women may be more careful in that way. But if they want to make a female Wikipedia, I don't care. (Though the rules governing who gets to edit, as posted by Jen, are ridiculous). As far as feminism goes, I'm pro-feminism, of course. As one very interested in politics, I always love to see women in Congress, state legislatures, etc., and vehemently support any women candidates; I tend to think very strongly that women are just as effective in leadership positions as men, and we have a serious lack of women in these positions. Though I don't care if someone considers me a "feminist" or not; these labels are unimportant.
As far as Wikipedia, I use it because I find it a very useful resource for quick and easily accessible information; however, I would never use it as my terminal resource, and find it most useful as a jumping off point and the collection of cited links on each page are very useful. I don't blame teachers or professors who ban its use as a resource.
I don't have much else to say regarding this topic; it does not offend or concern me in the slightest if women want their own Wikipedia or their own whatever. I will mention, though, I do seem to be unique among many of my male brethren as I get greatly offended when I'm in a conversation with women and, as frequently gets said, "All men are _________ ." (Insert word: unfaithful, pigs, dogs, assholes, etc.) The biggest arguments I've been in with women, or possibly anyone (outside of political arguments), have been when this is said. I suppose the way men usually react is how they are expected to react, by just ignoring it or chuckling. For some reason, it really makes me mad, these sorts of generalizations. (Where did that come from? I've always worked mostly with women, and I have to say, among women they seem to generalize much more about men; men do, in groups especially, generalize about women, but it's done in a different way, and not nearly as much or as venomous as the way women do it. Why is this?) Sure, many men are assholes; but, women really have little room to complain about men until they start showing better taste in them. Trust me, if women stopped liking certain kinds of men, namely the "bad boy" types, or other generally assholic types, men would stop being that way. And, if I were to ever make a generalization or negative comment about women (which I wouldn't do), I'd be a raging sexist and my name would be mud. Just sayin'. Anyways, I've got lots of homework to do; I'm in a hurry, so sorry for any incoherence in this post.
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"...vehemently support any women candidates"
Isn't this sexist? You can't support a woman just because she's a woman, just as you shouldn't vote against her for that reason either. Vote for a person, not for a sex.
I assume this is probably what you meant; I'm just playing devil's advocate.
Also, I finally got a response from Wikichix! Seems like a lot of the site isn't up yet, but I'll let you four look for yourselves...
Also, as a comparison I looked up bell hooks on Wikichix. No article found.
In addition, none for Susan B. Anthony, none for... anyone.
When I checked the recent changes, they only go as far back as Dec. 20. Is this when the site began? So far, it's certainly not much of a resource except as a place to comment about how important it is that it exists. I suppose this will get better as more people sign up and post.
heh - i'll have to check it out at some point....
i've seen several polls on feminist websites asking things along the lines of, "would you ever break party loyalty to vote for a woman" - can i say "um, no!"
I don't think it is sexist to in some ways prefer a woman candidate over a man; obviously I wouldn't vote for someone that I didn't agree with just because they are a female, but I don't think there is anything wrong with wanting there to be more gender diversity in Congress and state legislatures and believing that a woman can do just as good a job (and in some cases a much better job) in these positions and need to be more commonplace. Of course I wouldn't support a women just to support them; I thought that would go without saying. I never thought I would be called a leftist gun grabber or a sexist.
I like your theme of using Big L quotes for titles.
I finally logged in to wikichix... and at this point there was nothing there that made me feel any desire whatsoever to check back.
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