The stupidity, it burns (OSBP)

[owl]

So, apparently some idiots at a con decided that Open Source Public Groping would be a great idea. In theory I'm right behind the reciprocal Open Source Boot to the Crotch Project, although in practice it would probably come down to the Open Source Yelling "Keep Your Hands Off Me or I'm Calling the Police, You Pathetic Sleazebag" Project.

Honestly, is the difference between software and women's bodies that foreign a concept, really?

Still, at least we got this Harriet Vane fic from nineveh_uk on the topic.

Comments

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But if you go up to a stranger you don't know whether she'll find it amusing or offensive or traumatic, and I think that's an excellent reason not to do it at all. The fact that some women felt the need for a 'don't even ask' badge is kind of telling IMO. This post does a better job of explaining than I am.

You mention having a space where you don't have to put up with "that sort of thing." But what's inherently so wrong with "that sort of thing"? Sex and sexually motivated behavior, even when immature and obnoxious, is still an inherent part of social interaction.

Yeah, but a grope-fest in a public corridor is tacky. And it would have bothered me if I'd been at that con and people were coming and asking me. If I want you touching me, I'll let you know. Don't bother asking.

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Yeah, I would agree with you it's tacky. I just am seeing this whole thing as something a bunch of dumb kids are doing, though, and not a big serious issue, that's all.