By Mallary Jean Tenore for Poynter – Three days after The Washington Post’s new “She the People” blog launched, it had generated enough traffic to climb to the No. 1 spot among the site’s blogs.

The blog, which provides women with a forum for writing on politics, news and culture, is aimed at getting women to become more politically engaged. But some say that the idea seems dated and that the blog unfairly “ghettoizes” content for women.

Blogger Jessica Valenti wondered why the Post created a separate blog for women. “I’m all for WaPo featuring more women covering politics,” she wrote, “but why oh why can’t they just — I don’t know — feature more women covering politics on the main site or pages?” Reader Steph Herold asked, “Why do women need a separate blog to write about politics?”

The criticism renews attention to an ongoing debate about whether news organizations should separate out content for women and minorities.

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