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The dark side of open source conferencesThe dark side of open source conferencesPosted Dec 1, 2010 23:32 UTC (Wed) by AndreE (subscriber, #60148)Parent article: The dark side of open source conferences
Some of these accounts are almost unbelievable. A hostile or dismissive vibe is one thing (bad as it is), but the accounts of physical assault are staggering.
How is it that a many can put his hands down a woman's pants in a conference and get away with it? If the conference authorities are not willing to do something, can't the police be notified?
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The dark side of open source conferences Posted Dec 2, 2010 1:21 UTC (Thu) by BrucePerens (guest, #2510) [Link] Read up on The Tailhook Scandal. It's an illness of our society. This is not in any way meant to excuse it.
The dark side of open source conferences Posted Dec 2, 2010 4:32 UTC (Thu) by maco (guest, #53641) [Link]
For the record, Noirin's hands-down-pants experience was reported to the other organisers (though she herself was one of them) who then escorted her to the police station to file a report.
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