Agreed… I think similar stuff happen in many communities and social groups, and I think maybe EA gets tricky ’cause it’s like, hey, aren’t we generally good people? So shouldn’t we like… be outliers and like… be people who are sensitive and stuff and by a given, never sexually harrass? So not that it’s any less important, but EA ends up sticking out because of that.
To me, EAs being nice is usually the case, as per the usual impression of non-EAs who see EA conferences (“wow, this was the nicest crowd I’ve ever seen!) but we are not infallible, and should never justify bad behavior and keep improving especially given who we are (i.e., EAs; like what you said, “is EA as good as it could be”). And I think we should keep assessing how norms/spaces enable/allow upsetting behavior like those in the article to happen
Agreed… I think similar stuff happen in many communities and social groups, and I think maybe EA gets tricky ’cause it’s like, hey, aren’t we generally good people? So shouldn’t we like… be outliers and like… be people who are sensitive and stuff and by a given, never sexually harrass? So not that it’s any less important, but EA ends up sticking out because of that.
To me, EAs being nice is usually the case, as per the usual impression of non-EAs who see EA conferences (“wow, this was the nicest crowd I’ve ever seen!) but we are not infallible, and should never justify bad behavior and keep improving especially given who we are (i.e., EAs; like what you said, “is EA as good as it could be”). And I think we should keep assessing how norms/spaces enable/allow upsetting behavior like those in the article to happen