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I don't get it. Are there folks amongst us that really so socially inept that they think its ok to make a dick joke at a conference regardless of context? It

• InternalRun 14y ago
  Not what people are angry about, yes they were wrong but she blew it up. She didn't need to publicly attack them on Twitter without even asking them to stop. She was also making jokes just like them on Twitter.
• SODaniel 14y ago
  I personally find it more confounding that grown men or women are actually finding what they said privately (the fact that you can overhear a private conversation does not make it public, saying it at the podium would) offensive enough to think her reaction was anything but an overreaction.
• songzme 14y ago
  If women sitting behind me makes a period joke I'd be totally fine with it. People attend Professional conferences and people have personality. I'd rather to go to professional conference and meet people for who they are and not their professional facade.
  • wpietri 14y ago
    I understand why you think reversing the genders is a good way to have an intuition about whether this is reasonable. But it's not, because you still bring along a lot of your experience with you into the hypothetical. You're used to being in the majority. You are unlikely to have experienced unwanted sexual advances, sexual harassment, or sexual assault. You are at low risk of those happening in the future. So a period joke (which isn't sexual) wouldn't phase you. Even some joke that does sexualize the context probably wouldn't bother you. You'll still feel as safe and respected as before. But that's not true for a lot of women.