Re:This is What it's Like to Be a Woman at a Bitcoin Meetup
by king_jester on Friday January 24, 2014 @05:35PM
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Why is that women have to prepare themselves to deal with aggressive behavior and/or pretend nothing happened and hope someone doesn't violate their personal space again? That squarely puts the blame on women for the harassing behavior of others and makes it their problem, when the reality is that the problem is with the harasser and people need to speak up.
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Re:This is What it's Like to Be a Woman at a Bitcoin Meetup
by BlackDeath3 on Friday January 24, 2014 @05:42PM
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You're reading too much into what I'm saying.
I didn't say that this is the woman's fault. I didn't say that the man is blameless. I said that if you cannot defend yourself, you are at the mercy of forces beyond your control. Period. This isn't a life philosophy or a political position, this is a fact of reality.
In an ideal world, she wouldn't have to worry about defending herself, but we aren't living in CandyLand. If you cannot rely on yourself, who can you rely on?