Availability bias informed by personal experience affects our perception of rate of incidence a lot. So I added this stat.
“Edit: I have personally experienced this more than three times in less than one year of attending EA events and that is far too many times.”
I have two other female friends I talk to who are not ready to speak up yet who were involved longer and report higher numbers.
Also, the post is not optimized for analytical/argumentative quality. My only goal is to speak my mind, my authentic experience and bring awareness that this happened to me and others I know. I would like to see these issues fixed but I am not overly invested in it yet, because there are also lots of interesting things to do in the world.
Baileys are overstated imo. If I may:
conflicts of interest in grant allocation, work place appointments should be avoided
men should be made more conscientious about hitting on women at EA events, also vice versa. this means honoring ’no’s, avoiding coercion, respecting a person’s choice of poly/mono, etc
any EA event organizer using that venue to hit on women should be removed from organizing EA events again, without question
retaliation for sexual rejection, both social and professional, needs to be addressed.
more women should be encouraged to seek the cops, instead of keeping arbitrating it within the community where bias and power differentials can creep in
Apologise for the confusion. There’s no policy at present, so the ethos represented by Title IX are a start, especially when victims are reluctant to go to cops or if behavior is harassment but not strictly a crime. That said, cops should be involved wherever possible because EA has no expertise in arbitrating SA.
Updated the post to clarify