{"id":4690,"date":"2008-08-20T20:50:05","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T04:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/08\/20\/sexual-harassment-at-comiccon\/"},"modified":"2008-08-20T20:50:05","modified_gmt":"2008-08-21T04:09:53","slug":"sexual-harassment-at-comiccon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=4690","title":{"rendered":"Sexual Harassment at ComicCon"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Bully Says<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Overheard at San Diego Comic-Con while I was having lunch on the balcony of the Convention Center on Sunday July 27: a bunch of guys looking at the digital photos on the camera of another, while he narrated: “These were the Ghostbusters girls. That one, I grabbed her ass, ’cause I wanted to see what her reaction was.” This was only one example of several instances of harassment, stalking or assault that I saw at San Diego this time. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

John goes on to point out that ComicCon has no written policy against this sort of behavior. Rachel at Inside-Out<\/a>, herself a comics industry pro, thinks that ComicCon management would be responsive to a campaign of polite emails asking them to add an anti-harassment policy:<\/p>\n

Let me make one thing abundantly clear: by harassment, I am not just talking about wolf whistles, \u201cNice costume\u201d comments, or accidental touch. ComiCon is crowded\u2013REALLY crowded. It is pretty much impossible to navigate without coming into physical contact with another person. What I\u2019m talking about is people deliberately touching, stalking, demanding sexual favors from, or actively harassing other congoers\u2013fans and professionals\u2013without consent. These things are not only rude, they\u2019re illegal.[…]<\/p>\n

I am not suggesting that ComiCon install propriety police, or that congoers should walk around with their hands in their pockets at all times, or that it\u2019s anything short of ridiculous to expect to have a three-foot (or one-foot, or six-inch) radius of personal space on a crowded con floor. What I am saying is that ComiCon desperately needs a clear, public policy against personal harassment.<\/p>\n

If you think that ComiCon International needs to articulate a clear policy against personal harassment in their programs, please drop them a line and say so. (And when you do, please be polite, patient, and respectful. As I wrote above, this doesn\u2019t look like malevolence to me\u2013just omission.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The email for ComicCon is cci-info@comic-con.org.<\/p>\n

Head over to Inside-Out to read Rachel’s whole post<\/a>, and also for more complete contact info for comic-con.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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