Ayaz ( 9 years ago )
Well, as far as I can tell, it's something that hapeenpd once, at one event (a Skepticamp in Ohio). You're talking as if this sort of thing is endemic at every skeptical event, which is rather illogical and non-skeptical.If you're trying to infer that TAM is some sort of  maladjusted creeper convention , I should point out Skepchick's gushing praise of the last TAM as being  great for women  and how they felt so safe there. It's all there on the blog from just after the last TAM. Surely you can understand why so many are questioning the about-face in the last 11 months. The upcoming TAM has a 50/50 male/female speaker ratio, which is hardly the sort of thing done by a group that wants a sausage-fest. I've never been to TAM, but I've been to a number of skeptic events and they haven't been full of maladjusted creepers. I've never know of any sexual harassment going on at any event I've been to. So I think I can be pardoned if I wonder if you're not blowing a few events out of proportion.Seriously, you're acting as if skeptic events are cesspools of vice and debauchery, and I'm left wondering if you've ever actually been to any. Your postings are full of sweeping generalizations that are impossible to take seriously, and seem to be the result of emotion and prejudice rather than reason. You sound like someone with an axe to grind with many people in the skeptical community, and I wonder why.