should not have to move to a different community which may have fewer resources/opportunities
To be clear, I’m very much in favor of efforts to make EA better here. I think the CEA Community Health Team’s (disclosure: my wife is on that team) work is important, that many EAs need to be more aware of how power dynamics impact relationships (disclosure again), and that fixing this should not primarily fall on the people impacted.
I added “although …” a couple of minutes after originally posting my comment to reflect a very similar sentiment (however likely after you had already seen and started writing your response).
That’s right, sorry!
I also think the second bullet point is probably not a good idea even if we did know that EA has higher rates of this sort of issues than you’d expect: Atheism Plus didn’t go very well! I’m not saying that any of the three points are things that would definitely be worth doing in that world, but they’re an illustration about how the information of whether EA does have higher rates would be relevant to decisions people might make.
That’s good to hear re in favour of efforts to make EA better (edited for clarity). Thanks for your engagement on this.
Agreed with the necessity for awareness around power dynamics with the nuance of fixing this not having to fall on the people impacted by it. I found it good to see that post when it came out as it points out things people may not have been aware of.
To be clear, I’m very much in favor of efforts to make EA better here. I think the CEA Community Health Team’s (disclosure: my wife is on that team) work is important, that many EAs need to be more aware of how power dynamics impact relationships (disclosure again), and that fixing this should not primarily fall on the people impacted.
That’s right, sorry!
I also think the second bullet point is probably not a good idea even if we did know that EA has higher rates of this sort of issues than you’d expect: Atheism Plus didn’t go very well! I’m not saying that any of the three points are things that would definitely be worth doing in that world, but they’re an illustration about how the information of whether EA does have higher rates would be relevant to decisions people might make.
That’s good to hear re in favour of efforts to make EA better (edited for clarity). Thanks for your engagement on this.
Agreed with the necessity for awareness around power dynamics with the nuance of fixing this not having to fall on the people impacted by it. I found it good to see that post when it came out as it points out things people may not have been aware of.