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Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment mattersAurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment mattersPosted Aug 15, 2012 19:18 UTC (Wed) by cjsh (guest, #83360)In reply to: Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters by rahvin Parent article: Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters
I agree that people can act in a professional manner, just that some can't. As far as no dating at work goes, sorry but I put being human at the top of the list above being professional, and try to maintain a balance between my needs and my employers needs. As they say the key to life is balance.
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Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters Posted Aug 15, 2012 20:48 UTC (Wed) by louie (subscriber, #3285) [Link] I agree that people can act in a professional manner, just that some can't. Yes, and those people should be removed from that profession. That's why we call it "unprofessional." (I'm also guessing that if that were the norm, lots of those people who "can't" do this would probably suddenly find that they can.)
Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters Posted Aug 16, 2012 8:40 UTC (Thu) by ekj (guest, #1524) [Link]
Most of the ones who "can't" turn out to manage it afterall, if the social setting and power-dynamics is such that it's clear they won't get away with it.
They somehow manage to hold back the urge to lick the neck of the HR-woman interviewing them for a new job. They somehow manage to keep their hands *off* the ass of the police-woman stopping them in traffic. By some miracolous application of will, they tend to refrain from referring to unknown women as "baby" if a sufficiently large male stands by their side.
This tells me 99% of them *can* behave, they just don't think it's needed.
It's our job to tell them that they *must*.
Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters Posted Aug 16, 2012 13:08 UTC (Thu) by fb (subscriber, #53265) [Link]
> I agree that people can act in a professional manner, just that some can't.
People that can not act in a professional manner should either change jobs by themselves or just get fired. Really.
Harassment due to sexism, racism or just any other form of power play does not belong to the workplace of a civilized country.
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