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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">The sex ratio for the entire world
population is 101 males to 100 females <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sex_ratio">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sex_ratio</a><br>
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In the worldwide Wikipedia Editor Survey 2011 of all the
Wikipedias, 91% of respondents were male <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedians">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedians</a><br>
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In the recent study <i>Free Culture and the Gender Gap</i> <a
href="http://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4291/3381">http://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4291/3381</a>
Joseph Reagle, an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at
Northeastern University, argues that "...the ideas of freedom and
openness can be used to dismiss concerns and rationalize the
gender gap as a matter of preference and choice." He claims that
women make a choice, but it is not based at all on whether they
find the project interesting or have a contribution to make. <br>
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The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees which oversees
Wikipedia consists of five women and five men <a
href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees">https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees</a>
. They also try to introduce some initiatives to improve the
situation. <br>
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It is an untapped resource of half the population. Women are
certainly as smart as men, and, actually, many of them are not
even weaker than men, as I know only too well personally (sigh...)
from amateur running.<br>
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brgds<br>
Oleksiy (Alex-7)<br>
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On 19.09.2014 10:11, Simon Poole wrote:<br>
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Am 19.09.2014 00:43, schrieb Steve Doerr:
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<pre wrap="">What is the proportion of women to men among mappers? My guess is that
it is much lower than two to five.
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Simple answer: we don't know. We do not ask for a gender indication
during the sign up process.
What we do know is that female participation in public events aka
conferences and the like, is low. But if that mirrors our contributor
make up at all is not clear.
Simon
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