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Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

Posted Aug 16, 2012 8:40 UTC (Thu) by ekj (guest, #1524)
In reply to: Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters by cjsh
Parent article: Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

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*.


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