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<blockquote data-quote="Gradine" data-source="post: 6870021" data-attributes="member: 57112"><a href="http://www.nsvrc.org/bystander-intervention-background-and-general-information" target="_blank">http://www.nsvrc.org/bystander-intervention-background-and-general-information</a>Bystander invention is a fairly politics-neutral method towards addressing harassment and violence in any type of community. It's kind of the big new things on college campuses the last few years (disclaimer: I work at a university. Shocker, no?) and one of its key selling points is that while it does require buy-in from many members of a community to be effective it doesn't require any further buy-in on any other sort of divisive political issue (like addressing any potential underlying societal issues or &quot;rape culture&quot;). That tends to be why I think it falls woefully short as a long-term solution, but in the short-term it's proven to be pretty effective. I think introducing concepts of bystander intervention to convention monitors (and ultimately more con attendees) would be a pretty good first step.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gradine, post: 6870021, member: 57112"] [url]http://www.nsvrc.org/bystander-intervention-background-and-general-information[/url] Bystander invention is a fairly politics-neutral method towards addressing harassment and violence in any type of community. It's kind of the big new things on college campuses the last few years (disclaimer: I work at a university. Shocker, no?) and one of its key selling points is that while it does require buy-in from many members of a community to be effective it doesn't require any further buy-in on any other sort of divisive political issue (like addressing any potential underlying societal issues or "rape culture"). That tends to be why I think it falls woefully short as a long-term solution, but in the short-term it's proven to be pretty effective. I think introducing concepts of bystander intervention to convention monitors (and ultimately more con attendees) would be a pretty good first step. [/QUOTE]

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