On 8/24/15, Yaron Koren <ya...@wikiworks.com> wrote: > 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 > > -- > WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
The "I remembered having my butt pinched, my breasts 'accidentally touched'" part would seem to fall under the proposed policy. -- bawolff _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
