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I have been going to cons since the 1970s and the issue of harassment is nothing new. My very first Worldcon I was had just turned 18. The drinking age in Florida was 18 and there was a lot of booze at the con plus it was the mid 70s and sexual mores were different there were no AIDS/HIV so...

Most have no racial , religious, sexual slurs posted as harassment. I have also seen no touching without permission, no upskirt photographs, no excessive following, and explanations of when someone asks that you leave them alone you leave them alone.

You mean fathers like the one who wants his rapist son to have a lighter sentence because it is ruining his life after all he was only getting a little action? Or fathers who hold a double standard and high five their sons when they get action but expected their daughters to be virgins? They...

So a woman goes to an event an a man follows her around stares at her ogling at her because that in your opinion is his right as man until it ruins her ability to enjoy the event that she paid money to attend so she should what leave? Please tell me how that is right or just? Why can't he...

OH please that is where you think this is going? How about getting rid of rape culture and understanding bodily autonomy and consent. The idea that women can dress as a slave Leia and enjoy themselves at con because they find that fun and that does not mean that they are there to have sex with...

As someone who has been on concommittes I can answer this one for you and the answer is no. For crying out loud stop worrying about your fragile male self. How every con I have been a part of handles harassment is we investigate if it comes down to he says she says we ask them to stay away from...

You are right why don't you have women dress in burkas that will just solve everything.

I read about half the replies and I could not stomach any more. First of all the idea that if women are harassed at a con the police need to be involved and if they are not no harassment took place or that is the only way to get justice is just ludicrous. I have been on the con committee for...

I am 58 and have been dealing with this for a long time and I am exhausted. Everyone of my gaming friends who are female and who are gay have stories. My roommate is DMing right now and a young friend of mine who I met through pagan activities wanted to know how to play so she joined her group...

I would never bring something like romance or sex in the game with guys I don't know. They can get so weird about it. In one game the male PCs went to a brothel and my lone female PC went to dinner with the town's sheriff and spent the night with him. I had to deal with the entire I didn't know...

This is what bothers me is the fact as women we are used to dealing with this because it happens all the time. I know and many of my friends categorize crap like this as well he only said one thing and when I moved away he didn't follow me so it is okay I guess at least he didn't keep it up or...

I started playing on my own not because of a guy. Years later I got the guy I was dating into playing and we joined a group and several of the guys asked him how he got me to play and what advice he could offer to them to get their girl friends to play. He looked at them and said I don't know...

Yes it is not at big cons like Gencon but smaller ones. Last year at local con that has a gaming room the con committee had to step in because five out of the six DMs were refusing to allow women to play. And before anyone brings it up if the situation was reversed it would be as much a problem...

I want to say something about female only tables. I think if there are female DMs to run a few games then they are great idea. Not just because of the issues of feeling safe which is an issue. But as a female gamer with years of experience under my belt I still face certain assumptions when I...

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OMG seriously. The only way that a transgender would be offended by that is you were using it to discredit them. Because that it is how it is used. The whole I don't give a damn that your brain says you are female or male your DNA says you are not so get over it. And saying things like that to a...

I don't know if I would agree that a lot of people view it that way I do think a lot of millennials do. And I would cheerfully like to smack their parents for raising them that way. The way the cons I know about define verbal harassment is this way making racist, sexist, sexual, or bullying...

I have to say I am a little tired of all the hypothetical situations being brought up. I know it is typical of gamers when playing that we try and find every possible way a plan can go wrong but enough. Let's be realistic here is any policy perfect no it is not. Can you always be 100% fair no...

Are you kidding with this hypothetical statement? If he said something sexist and you asked him to stop and he did then there was no harassment if he kept it up then that is harassment and if the others back you up and that is Gencon policy then who cares how far he he came and how much he paid.

He was and still is a famous big named author. Though I understand tha the got treatment for his issues in the 80s and has never behaved that way again. And even being a big name writer would not protect him now at least not at Worldcon.