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Yes. And the even larger issue still is the harassment over everyone. I'm willing to bet that the men inside the gaming community would feel the same as men outside the gaming community who are harassed. You're a human capable of empathy, please don't pretend to be ignorant just to avoid...

Double post, ignore. Sorry.

Who is asking you to give equal time to a certain demographic? I only see 3 options. Talk about all victims. Talk about some victims. Ignore the problem all together. So yes, talking about all victims sounds the best. No. Stop. I'm not saying that we can't say that the majority are...

No, if you'd read my comments you'd see that my point is simple. The fact that most all men aren't being harassed does little to help the men who are being harassed. Focusing on the victim protects everyone, focusing on women (as you've suggested) doesn't. Sure, you might be batting 95% with...

Nope. Does it matter that most men aren't facing harassment to the few men who are facing harassment?

Focusing on victims of harassment would include women, and everyone else, correct?

So a man cannot be a victim of harassment?

Quoting people who've posted in this thread isn't creating a thousand hypothetical cases. My complaint/concern is that some people's attitudes here could lead to some vicitims being over looked. I thought I made that perfectly clear? I agree 100%.

Yea thankfully you read Christopher Helton's indepth response to show that he was being intentionally ignorant and edited your post to reflect that. "Only a 2/10 for derailing. You're giving us the weak sauce, dude." So convincing...

What's there to misunderstand about the statement "That would be great if this were a genderless problem, but it isn't." The reason Christopher Helton feels he needs to make an article about harassment of women is because he doesn't think there is an issue with harassment with men. Again, it's...

Well said, I agree. I just think it does more harm than good to suggest that men are somehow essentially immune to being harassed and all they have to worry about is hurt feelings. Obviously the majority of the victims are women, there's nothing wrong with pointing that out. Facts are facts...

Not according to Christopher Helton, the author of the featured article. He's repeatedly said this discussion is about women and an anti-harassment policy aimed at protecting them. And he's not alone. I'm not going to dig up more posts, I'm sure me just pointing this out will bring them out...

I'm asking people to think of the victims of harassment, you're the one bringing in demographics. I'm not saying focus on men, I'm saying focus on stopping harassment. The fire is on the gaming convention, lets put out that fire. Lets stop harassment. Yes, there have been plenty of posts...

This extremely simplistic view is what some people are talking about. Everyone is capable of receiving death threats, doxing, unwanted contact, etc. Yes, obviously its more often than not women and there's nothing wrong with mentioning that. But if the concern is reducing the instances of...

VERY well said, I agree 100%. There's no problem noticing that certain groups are the targets of harassment more often than not, but lets not forget the reason we're having this discussion in the first place - harassment. Policies shouldn't focus specifically to reduce harassment of certain...

I could go back and try and find the poll, but since you're right here, and I'm not trying to diminish the sexual nature of some of the harassment, but did your poll specifically ask about sexual harassment/assault/rape? Or was it about harassment in general, which would include harassment that...

An assault needs to be a threat coupled with an apparent and present ability to carry out that specific threat. Just wearing a KKK white garb isn't enough to fit that bill, just as carrying a confederate flag above your head or having it on a T-shirt doesn't fit that bill. I'm not going to...

I agree. I think even with adjusting the 8% down to account for how many females are there you're still left with a number so high that it'd be a much better known problem - both by convention staff and by our community. Something else that could modify the number of people being assaulted at...

Double post, sorry. This website has been acting up lately.

Keep in mind that 8% figure came from a poll which had around 60% female response. I doubt Gen Con's 61,500 attendance was ~37,000. The high number of female respondents surely skewed the percentages. Not trying to diminish, just trying to be accurate. Still, even assuming a 1% (8 times...