David, thanks for this find.
THIS is why the Code of Conduct is needed. I recognized myself in this
blog. I remembered avoiding any aspect of socialization at conferences I
had to attend for work, and simply didn't even consider attending
conferences for any other purpose. I remembered how readily "the guys"
assumed that any woman there was there for more than just networking and
learning. I remembered having my butt pinched, my breasts "accidentally
touched", my questions ignored or laughed at. I remember how the buzz of
background conversation is always much louder when the speaker is a woman
than when the speaker is a man.
It's changed for me. Not because there's any less of all of this going on.
No, it's because my hair is grey and I'm now old enough to be the mom of
half the people in the room at any male-dominated conferences I attend; and
outside of Wikimedia events, the conferences I go to are usually full of
conservative businesswomen, and alcohol is rarely involved.
So yeah...you need a code of conduct. Because if I was even 15 years
younger, I'd never go to a Wikimedia conference.
Risker/Anne
On 22 August 2015 at 20:03, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I saw this today, I wonder if it's relevant to the
thread:
http://www.perpendicularangel.com/2015/08/no-i-dont-trust-your-conference-w…
Of course we're talking about stuff beyond conferences, but it still
applies I'd think.
- d.
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