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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7821539" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>"I haven't seen it, so it can't be an issue!" is a common argument, whether it be about a mechanic that's found problematic, or an issue of table management. It isn't a particularly strong argument.</p><p></p><p>First, we have the issue that one person's subjective memory of things from decades ago is.. anecdote, not data. Even if you were 100% correct, you don't stand as a large enough representative sample, statistically thinking.</p><p></p><p>For another, that you didn't see it, doesn't mean it didn't happen. Have you considered the possibility that, for most of the past 40 years, there has been such a stigma of such stuff that, if you didn't explicitly invite people to say anything, they would just sit and suffer? Or maybe leave the table to "go to the bathroom" or "have a cigarette" as a cover to get away and gather their composure? </p><p></p><p>Most people will reject that possibility, but... well, lots of guys say they know for certain that sexual harassment doesn't happen, because they've never seen it. Guess what? It happens, and it either happens when we aren't looking, or we fail to recognize it (or dismiss it as not meaningful) at the time.</p><p></p><p>"I haven't seen it" is not an argument against the existence of ways of dealing with such issues. I mean, my house has never burned down, but I have smoke detectors and a fire extinguisher. Risk mitigation is about finding low-cost ways to handle high-cost negative events.</p><p></p><p>Consider the following - Let us say these things don't happen at your table. But, you implement the X-card (or some other communication tool). You put out one lousy index card, and spend two minutes explaining it. If, as you say, this is never an issue, then... nobody uses the card. You are out one whole index card, and whole minutes of time. </p><p></p><p>It isn't exactly expensive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7821539, member: 177"] "I haven't seen it, so it can't be an issue!" is a common argument, whether it be about a mechanic that's found problematic, or an issue of table management. It isn't a particularly strong argument. First, we have the issue that one person's subjective memory of things from decades ago is.. anecdote, not data. Even if you were 100% correct, you don't stand as a large enough representative sample, statistically thinking. For another, that you didn't see it, doesn't mean it didn't happen. Have you considered the possibility that, for most of the past 40 years, there has been such a stigma of such stuff that, if you didn't explicitly invite people to say anything, they would just sit and suffer? Or maybe leave the table to "go to the bathroom" or "have a cigarette" as a cover to get away and gather their composure? Most people will reject that possibility, but... well, lots of guys say they know for certain that sexual harassment doesn't happen, because they've never seen it. Guess what? It happens, and it either happens when we aren't looking, or we fail to recognize it (or dismiss it as not meaningful) at the time. "I haven't seen it" is not an argument against the existence of ways of dealing with such issues. I mean, my house has never burned down, but I have smoke detectors and a fire extinguisher. Risk mitigation is about finding low-cost ways to handle high-cost negative events. Consider the following - Let us say these things don't happen at your table. But, you implement the X-card (or some other communication tool). You put out one lousy index card, and spend two minutes explaining it. If, as you say, this is never an issue, then... nobody uses the card. You are out one whole index card, and whole minutes of time. It isn't exactly expensive. [/QUOTE]
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