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Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

Posted Aug 16, 2012 8:33 UTC (Thu) by eliezert (subscriber, #35757)
In reply to: Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters by rahvin
Parent article: Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

If it's either "a few (guilty) attendees end up in jail" or " many (innocent) women will be harassed and stop coming" I prefer the former.
There should be a zero-tolerance policy, as in "we will cooperate with law enforcement so you go to jail, if you can't keep your hands to yourself".
It is a criminal offense, people should not have an expectation of getting away with it.


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Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

Posted Aug 16, 2012 8:47 UTC (Thu) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link]

In that sense it should not be different from stealing, or any other serious offense.

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