[ACML] Convention Anti-Harrassment Project

[Trisha Lynn]

Personally speaking, there is a double-standard when it comes to women
being sexual harassers, mostly because when people think of
harassment, it's often thought of as being only physical thing and not
an emotional thing.

I think about that gay guy who went to Yaoi Con who had an awful time
because of the aura of the place and the women/girls who are there,
and I wonder exactly how many of the other guys out there at the other
anime cons who are very disturbed at the female conduct.

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Jim Vowles - Otakon
<jvowles at otakon.org> wrote:
> TO be clear, this is me, not my convention organization, talking here, and
> it shouldn't be interpreted as official policy.
>
> Groping and unwanted touching is *never* okay, but hotties in skimpy outfits
> will always draw the focus of interested parties. To pretend that such
> attention is unwanted or unexpected seems naive at best, and insincere at
> worst.  I've personally dealt with girls who really should know better
> complaining that they're being stared at while wearing tiny catgirl outfits.
> Yes, there are creepy guys taking odd-angle photos; yes, there are small
> gaggles of idiot fangirls humiliating gay guys in public; yes, there are
> people of both sides who glomp or yaoi-paddle or otherwise do stupid and
> inappropriate things.
>
> I've been going to cons for 20+ years, and the groping and poor behavior has
> been distinctly bipartisan for the majority of my experience -- and
> honestly, we've seen a distinct uptick in underage stupidity that FAR
> outweighs old-school misogyny. And the underage stupidity and bad behavior
> is distinctly more prevalent these days among the distaff set.
>
> A quick WHOIS reveals that the founder is in Australia; perhaps things are a
> bit more sexist there. Or perhaps the organizers have had bad experiences
> and are over-generalizing. Or perhaps we're just lucky that the situation
> isn't as bad in anime fandom.

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Trisha Lynn
Staff Writer, Movie Make-out.com