Re:My experience with sexual harassment in the Scala community
by PaulDavisThe1st on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @06:32PM
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Without being too flippant, I'd like to point out that we do actually hold wild bears accountable for their actions. There was a news report last week about a bear shot somewhere in the US because it had attacked someone (it seemed to have been trying to guard a particularly valuable food stash).
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Re:My experience with sexual harassment in the Scala community
by faitswulff on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @06:37PM
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The point is that many comments here are assuming that men lack the agency to keep themselves from assaulting people. That lets the men off the hook. To your example, if we blame the bear, we should blame the man, as well.
Re:My experience with sexual harassment in the Scala community
by PaulDavisThe1st on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @07:20PM
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Absolutely. We do blame wild bears for their actions (we shoot them). We should blame men for their actions (shooting them is likely considered less appropriate in most cases).