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> Remind me when someone was last killed at a tech conference like she says? Very rarely, if ever. I don't know of any killings, but there have been a number o
by edent 12y ago
> Remind me when someone was last killed at a tech conference like she says? Very rarely, if ever.
I don't know of any killings, but there have been a number of (high profile) sexual assaults at tech conferences - see http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_incidents http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_incidents
My friends say it's a regular (and sometimes terrifying) occurrence at some conferences. And I believe them.
- adekok 12y agoThen she should be afraid of sexual assaults, not killings. And reading that page, I see most of the items are of this severity: > An offensive tweet was made against the PyLadies group Really? That's inappropriate, but it's not sexual assault. In fact, there are 14 instances of the word "assault". Which by my count is no more than 10% of the items. Over-exaggerating the problem is fear-mongering. This looks a lot like flailing around, trying to find reasons for being upset. "I'm afraid of being killed" It doesn't happen. "Crap, I'm afraid of sexually assaulted, it happens a lot, here's proof!" That actually disproves your assertion. <crickets>
- andrea_s 12y agoHonestly this list could use some trimming, you can't really have a "list of sexist incident" contain a change in the way blocking works on Twitter (http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Twitter_Blockgate http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Twitter_Blockgate)! At least, you can't if you want people to take the list seriously...
- tw04 12y ago>Rosetta shirtgate The fact the list contains that says everything I need to know about the list.
- iolothebard 12y agoYou think that's terrifying, you should see college campuses!