[hackerspaces] Safe Space Policies?

[matt]

Yes, and a mandatory sexual harassment / gun safety course for all new
members.


On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 11:00 PM, Volatile Compound <
volatilecompound at gmail.com> wrote:

> So what you're saying is that hackerspaces should conduct exit interviews
> when new people leave after their first visit?
>
> - skroo.
>
>
> On 1/26/14, 7:56 PM, Al Billings wrote:
>
>> You mean one that someone said something about. How do you know that
>> female visitors haven’t simply failed to return because of leering,
>> mainsplaining, or various other behaviors? You don’t. The fact that
>> you’re unwilling to even state a public policy against such things mean
>> that when (not if but when) they happen, women won’t necessarily assume
>> that the person is an outlier but that it is accepted behavior. Then
>> they leave.
>>
>> Really, it is like Diversity 101 here. You’ve never bothered to think
>> about any of this stuff before from something other than your own point
>> of view, have you?
>>
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>> Date: January 26, 2014 at 7:56:18 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Safe Space Policies?
>>
>>> We've had one case of lecherous behavior towards a female guest.
>>>
>> --
>> Al Billings
>> http://makehacklearn.org
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