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Women at Furry Conventions
Cheetah:
Cosplayer Nicole Jacobs On Harassment At Comic Cons… And What We Can All Do About It:
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/05/27/cosplayer-nicole-jacobs-on-harassment-at-comic-cons-and-what-we-can-all-do-about-it/
Dhary Montecore:
The "only a dissapointingly small number of conventions have policies against harassment in place" statement is fortunately not true for almost all furry events, at least in Europe.
The security team and the Rules of Conduct for Eurofurence follow the European standard set by the MI:3 security network and show zero tolerance to any kind of harassment. Regardles of male or female, even verbal abuse is investigated and sanctioned harshly.
Our conventions and events are safe places for every attendee and we take pride in a sensible and emphatic security team.
Just remember the most important rule: if you have any question, concern or information for us, be it prior to or during the convention, do NOT hesitate to contact your security team. We gladly help you, even if you just want to know the time. :)
security@eurofurence.org
ysegrim:
I believe I have trouble understanding the central paragraph of this text ...
--- Quote ---While the man’s badge was removed and he was escorted from the building, never once was I given the option to press charges against him. [...] If security is unresponsive and entirely fails to do their job, who are they really securing?
--- End quote ---
So, unless the BOD/Security actively refused to give her his name, or unless there was no way to get this name just from the removed badge as soon as the person had left, what exactly is it a non-unresponsive ,non-entirely-failing-to-do-their-job security should have done? What would EF's security do differently? (no details of course. I'm just trying to get what, other than "immediately banning and removing from the premises", "if he poses a threat, hand him to authorities", and "on request, support investigations by submitting ID details from badge/reg db" would be expected?)
o'wolf:
--- Quote from: ysegrim on 29.05.2014, 19:43:23 ---I believe I have trouble understanding the central paragraph of this text ...
--- Quote ---While the man’s badge was removed and he was escorted from the building, never once was I given the option to press charges against him. [...] If security is unresponsive and entirely fails to do their job, who are they really securing?
--- End quote ---
So, unless the BOD/Security actively refused to give her his name, or unless there was no way to get this name just from the removed badge as soon as the person had left, what exactly is it a non-unresponsive ,non-entirely-failing-to-do-their-job security should have done?
--- End quote ---
I'm not sure if I understand your question correctly.
Convention Security is neither the police (who wouldn't have given the victim the name of the offender either, at least in Germany) nor a judge. However, she could have pressed criminal charges against John Doe and name convention security as witness or, in a civil case, have a lawyer subpoena the name from the convention. Even if the victim happens to know the name of the offender, I strongly recommend to go the juridical way, as publicly shaming someone without having a proof that stands up in court can backfire very badly in many countries.
What I'd recommend to the convention board (and yes, sexual assault is clearly something the board needs to be made aware of) is to support the victim, foremost by taking the complaint seriously, listening, and showing empathy. Secondly by helping her to involve the authorities.
Cheetah:
IARP volunteers handed out surveys to attendees at this year’s Furry Fiesta, held February 21 to 23 in Dallas, USA. 246 surveys were returned, out of 1884 total attendees. You can find the full results here - and if you don't feel like digging through the numbers, [adjective][species] offers an intersting summary and commentary..
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