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In a piece that laments how women are not safe at tech conferences, "He then proceeded to offend me in my own language. I was so horrified I slapped him, which
by parennoob 12y ago
In a piece that laments how women are not safe at tech conferences,
"He then proceeded to offend me in my own language. I was so horrified I slapped him, which literally made everyone else in the room stop talking and stare at me."
I have no idea why this author thinks that bro culture somehow justifies her physically assaulting someone at a tech conference. Then lamenting about, "I know there must be other women struggle in these situations [sic]" makes it even worse.
[edit: I agree with the other commenter, this is an ill-written, lopsided, and clickbait-y article, won't be a loss if someone flags it off the front page.]
- intortus 12y agoI knew this would be the first comment. Isn't it disturbing that sexual harassment is so common that instead we're more offended by the act of self-defense?
- jasallen 12y agoI'm male, but if you keep following me around some place after I've told you to stop, to the point of six times, and then verbally berate me in any language, I promise, you are going to be physically assaulted.
- parennoob 12y agoInstead of informing security or the conference organizers? Are you sure that beating him up is the optimal course of action? Perhaps the guy has Aspergers, or a behavioural disorder. It's funny how inclusivity is suddenly being thrown out the window here. It is never prudent to assume malicious intent on someone's part and physically assault them -- and then follow up with a piece about how this means that you are somehow the sufferer.
- pardees 12y agoHey, I am the author. Thank you for reading my blog post. You are correct, I was 22 at the time and I felt so unsafe I did not know what to do other than physically assault the man. I'm very jealous that you feel so privileged that this situation would never apply to you.