Debugging conference anti-harassment policies
Debugging conference anti-harassment policies
Posted Feb 11, 2011 9:49 UTC (Fri) by Seegras (guest, #20463)In reply to: Debugging conference anti-harassment policies by BrucePerens
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> But the point there is that objectifies people
> (treats them as sexual objects). Which is easy
> to describe and identify as a category of material
> to be avoided, as is material that depicts or
> encourages coercion.
> (treats them as sexual objects). Which is easy
> to describe and identify as a category of material
> to be avoided, as is material that depicts or
> encourages coercion.
I absolutely concur with that. THIS is what
"harassment" is about (and what that policy should
prevent). It's not about somebody using "fuck" in
a speech, or showing pictures of pigs fucking geese.
And this is of course the prime example for it:
http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/CouchDB_talk