On 8/22/15, Risker <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
Thank you for writing this. I really appreciate you sharing your experiences. Your comments have convinced me that I should support the proposal, where previously I had mixed feelings. The types of behaviours you describe are absolutely unacceptable. -- Bawolff _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
