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Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

Posted Aug 15, 2012 17:02 UTC (Wed) by slashdot (guest, #22014)
In reply to: Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters by mjg59
Parent article: Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

I'll make it simple for you.

Men naturally compete with other men, and sometimes the other men may resort to violence to win, which in the extreme results in the other guy killing you.

On the other hand women are approached by men, and sometimes the men may resort to violence to win, which in the extreme results in the man raping the woman.

Now, would you rather be killed or be raped?


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Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

Posted Aug 15, 2012 17:07 UTC (Wed) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]

I think in the extreme it results in the man killing the woman, but since I'm aware of cases of sexual assault at technical conferences and not aware of cases of murder at technical conferences, I have no idea of why you think anything you're saying is relevant.

Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

Posted Aug 15, 2012 17:10 UTC (Wed) by louie (subscriber, #3285) [Link]

s/cases of sexual assault/cases of sexual assault and many more cases of women being made to feel unwelcome in ways that may be short of the legal definition of assault but which are still threatening and unpleasant/

Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

Posted Aug 15, 2012 17:46 UTC (Wed) by sjj (subscriber, #2020) [Link]

You're either a troll or a particularly thick headed 12-year old.

I think I need to subscribe again just so I can plonk you. It's a win-win!

Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

Posted Aug 15, 2012 18:11 UTC (Wed) by edomaur (subscriber, #14520) [Link]

I'd rather ignore you.

Done.

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