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We are just humans

We need to create an environment were we can respect each other as humans. There is no reason to celebrate the gender of an author, only the works they create should be celebrated.

idea creator• Wilplatypus

volunteer• 190.56.253.161

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created on22:54, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Project idea

What is the problem you're trying to solve?

The issue of an overwhelming male presence on wikipedia.

What is your solution?

To solve this problem an authors profile should not have their particular gender.

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Volunteer I believe in the fact of being feminist is that men and women has the same rights and obligations, in my country and thousand more, the man is the provider and in school teach them to be. Whereas women are taught how to be housewives and perfect wives. I want that every man and woman are taught that women do not reach far just because they give birth one day. I want those girls who want to study , study, and they were not taken as slaves. 190.56.253.161 01:20, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

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I agree that this is an ideal that we should strive for. However, there are many examples where a person has to strive far much harder in order to achieve their goals than most people and the struggle becomes an integral part of their story. You did not say where you are from, but two examples that come to my mind from my English-speaking culture are those of Jane Austin and Helen Keller. Austin wrote six of our most enduring novels, yet the only schooling she had was several years at a school for girls where non-academic subjects like embroidery were taught in order to create a "refined young lady". Helen Keller became severely ill as a young child and was left blind and deaf. She was a wild brat until she had the great fortune to be rescued from a life of isolation and oblivion by Anne Sullivan. She learned sign language and even went of to learn to speak. She became an author, lecturer, and an advocate for education. Their stories are all the more compelling because the achievements outstrip their humble circumstances. Thank you, Wordreader (talk) 09:19, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

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