On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 9:43 AM Elina Gor via Origami < [email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you everyone who answered my request. > I tried different academic databases like Google scholar, Proquest etc. > But I didn't find what I was looking for. That's why I used this platform > to find the answers. > Thanks again to all of you who replied to me and shared their thoughts and > experience. > I would be happy to accept more of this. > I wonder if there's enough data in, say, the Origami Database ( https://oriwiki.com/) to pull out information along the lines of "how many pieces of what type have been designed by folks who identify as a particular gender per year?" This would only capture things designed-and-published, but still could be could be an interesting thing to chart over time. Though there is no gender information in the database (at the moment) it's not such a large community that that would be impossible to gather; and information about where something is published and the date of the publication is in there, I believe, or at least obtainable. Perhaps the database maintainers could be convinced to do some interesting queries on the existing data? Much harder to capture is if there's any difference in *interest in folding particular styles/types/etc. of origami* tied to any particular genders. Maybe some kind of online survey could yield some interesting numbers? And as a list admin I'll add a mild plea to everyone to recall that the purpose of this list is to discuss origami, and that arguments about gender, per se, are not appropriate here. Polite corrections or additions to someone's content are fine, but let's please give everyone the benefit of doubt and not assume anyone is trying to be insulting or non-inclusive. This is an area of discourse where language and norms are rapidly evolving. Be careful in what you say, and lenient in what you accept. Anne
