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While I realise this is a sensitive issue and I hope the author is ok, one thing I noticed is the implication that this is a thing that happens at tech conferen

While I realise this is a sensitive issue and I hope the author is ok, one thing I noticed is the implication that this is a thing that happens at tech conferences. I would just like to make sure we are not dissuading women from coming to tech conferences by gaining some sort of reputation here. Most people in the world are good but unfortunately this kind of thing happens and when it does we have to show it will not be tolerated and will be properly dealt with.

hypatiadotca 16y ago
the OP is the third friend of mine this year who's been sexually assaulted at a technical conference. sadly, this is not as rare an event as we'd like to think :( we had a post about the whole "talking about all the bad stuff will discourage women in tech" bit a while back at geekfeminism: http://geekfeminism.org/2010/06/10/dont-mention-the-war/ http://geekfeminism.org/2010/06/10/dont-mention-the-war/
follower 16y ago
> I would just like to make sure we are not dissuading women from coming to tech conferences by gaining some sort of reputation here. Tech conferences already have a reputation for this kind of incident: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_incidents