Safety at cons

[catundra]

Yes, I have been thinking about this and am now ready to air my thoughts.  I hope they are adequately expressed.

First of all, girliejones 's question about whether I feel safe at cons got me thinking.  To be honest, I feel as safe at Swancon as I do at any other public event.  I feel safer now that I have talmor than when I went alone.  When I was single I was the

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[baby_elvis]

I certainly shall do my best to reclaim Swancon for her and to challenge poor behaviour when I see it.

[logansrogue]

I don't have words. You guys rock so hard.

[ariaflame]

I feel as if I've been swimming upstream trying to find the source of all this.

Ick!

But yes. I'm not going to let douchebags ruin my con, or that of my friends. I know that sometimes I've not spoken up when I wasn't totally comfortable (it's not that I felt unsafe at the time, just not totally comfortable) but I mean to try and break my early conditioning and say if something is not acceptable.

The more of us that are willing to challenge poor behaviour, the less those who tend to engage in it will be able to pretend that it's not a problem.