This is What it's Like to Be a Woman at a Bitcoin Meetup

Re:This is What it's Like to Be a Woman at a Bitcoin Meetup by ossreality on Friday January 24, 2014 @04:39PM (#7118265)

Easier said than done. I've been "out" for years and despite being opinionated and a "proud" person, I still find it extremely hard to put my neck out there and call others out (and interesting, it's much easier for me to stand up for female friends than it is to stand up for myself or other LGBT-specifically related issues).

It's hard enough to do, at all, to confront someone. But it's another thing when you've just been thrown completely off-kilter by having a stranger inappropriately groping you in public (Plus, you think he's going to have a positive reaction to her chiding him? Somehow I doubt it.). I'll give her a pass on not reprimanding him. (Plus, your post has the distinct scent of victim blaming)

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Re:This is What it's Like to Be a Woman at a Bitcoin Meetup by meritt on Friday January 24, 2014 @04:43PM (#7118292)

Of course the asshole wouldn't have a positive reaction. That's precisely the point: Make it known how inappropriate and unacceptable their actions were. Make them uncomfortable.

Victim blaming? Dare I even respond to that? That would imply I'm somehow suggesting the author was at fault or responsible for the action occurring, or that it was somehow acceptable because she didn't react then on the spot. Not in the slightest.

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Re:This is What it's Like to Be a Woman at a Bitcoin Meetup by ljf on Friday January 24, 2014 @05:12PM (#7118489)

Sorry, but victim blaming is exactly how your original post came across. You might not have meant it that way, but that to me is how it read.

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