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Somebody sends her an email that she doesn't like to her publicly available email address and she decides to quit working in the community? I hate to say this,
by jxcole 15y ago
Somebody sends her an email that she doesn't like to her publicly available email address and she decides to quit working in the community? I hate to say this, but attitudes like this will only make the situation worse.
Anybody, anywhere can write an email. You really shouldn't take them to seriously. I am honestly surprised that she let her real email address be publicly available anyway.
It's important for community leaders to stand up for this sort of thing and publicly disown discrimination. But unless she gives them a chance, i.e. unless the community is anti-female, I can't see this as a good move on her part.
- matt_yoho 15y ago"I am honestly surprised that she let her real email address be publicly available anyway" This is called "blaming the victim". It is bad, and you should consider researching it.
- maximusprime 15y agoThe point is, if your email address is public, expect copious amounts of spam, abuse, scams, and so on. If you get offended by random emails, don't have a public email address.
- autarch 15y agoYou should read her blog post on the issue - http://geekfeminism.org/2011/10/13/on-being-harassed-a-little-gf-history-and-some-current-events/ http://geekfeminism.org/2011/10/13/on-being-harassed-a-littl... It's a lot more than one email. It's a pattern of harassment by multiple people that's gone on for years.
- anon1385 15y agoI think you should read the full post: http://geekfeminism.org/2011/10/13/on-being-harassed-a-little-gf-history-and-some-current-events/ http://geekfeminism.org/2011/10/13/on-being-harassed-a-littl... It wasn't just emails, it was a sustain campaign of public comments on blogs and videos. Other colleagues received phonecalls to their workplaces making accusations about child pornography. The harassment was affecting her ability to do her day job.
- jxcole 15y agoI am apparently not allowed to edit something that has been downvoted but here is my edit: Martin Luther King Jr stood up for his rights and was shot. As we all are, I am very saddened by his loss. However I think that this brings up a very important point. If you stand up for an unpopular belief, you can expect abuse. Should you expect abuse? Should you be forced to endure unpleasantries because you expect the same rights as any one else? No, but you will receive it. And if you are really committed to your cause you will stand up for yourself anyway. Reading about the protests of the past. When people stood up against the war in Vietnam and participated in legal protests they were beaten by police. By police. I would like to let that sink in for a moment. So forgive me for expressing my disappointment when an activist decides to back down from their cause. And not because she was beaten by police or because she was beaten by people with opposing viewpoints. Not because she was shot. But because she was receiving emails, comments on a blog, and prank phone calls. Maybe I am a hypocrite because I have done nothing. I am. But I still look at something like this and say to myself "I wish someone would stand up for those rights." I mean really stand up for them. Not just run away because of a few bad eggs. I don't think we can expect change otherwise.
- ordinary 15y agoI am apparently not allowed to edit something that has been downvoted It's because the post is more than 2(?) hours old, not because it was downvoted.
- zasz 15y agoMartin Luther King Jr. wasn't alone in his civil rights work. Unfortunately, judging by your commentary, this poor woman is.
- KilgoreTrout 15y agoI LIKE TURTLES...bitch
- chalst 15y agoWell, I kind of agree with this in part, but it is often trotted out as a reason why it's the victim's fault. Let's see what's badly wrong with it by looking at things another way. Standing up for what is right is not something that we weaker mortals should leave to the heroes. We have a breaking point, a point above which we can't take it. That does not mean we should not take risks to do what we find right. You should not be "disappointed" with the victim, but supportive, and we should be encouraging others to take these risks to do what is right as well. The more of us there are, the more we achieve.