Hi,
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.
All of these behaviors fall somewhere on the spectrum from rude to
depraved, but am I correct in thinking that most of them would not actually
be covered by a code of conduct? Ignoring or laughing at someone's
question, for example, is certainly rude, but I can't imagine anyone
getting officially reprimanded for it, unless there's an additional element
of confrontation there. (I don't know if this happened at a talk or during
an outside discussion, but either way I'd think it's the same.) Certainly
neither the Wikimedia code of conduct as currently drafted nor the WMF
Friendly Space Policy cover simple acts of rudeness, even if motivated by
bias.
-Yaron
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The "I remembered having my butt pinched, my breasts 'accidentally
touched'" part would seem to fall under the proposed policy.
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