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**[[Dragon*Con bans Backup ribbons]]
  
**[[Dragon*Con bans Backup ribbons]]
 
**[[Steubenville High School rape case]]
  
**[[Steubenville High School rape case]]
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**[[TekSavvy Characters ad campaign]]
 
*September
  
*September
 
**A woman was [http://www.explodedsoda.com/2012/09/boundaries-and-penis-incident.html?spref=tw sexually assaulted] during Notch (of Mojang/Minecraft fame)'s party in Seattle, the same weekend as Penny Arcade Expo (PAX). Venue security staff dismissed her complaint.
  
**A woman was [http://www.explodedsoda.com/2012/09/boundaries-and-penis-incident.html?spref=tw sexually assaulted] during Notch (of Mojang/Minecraft fame)'s party in Seattle, the same weekend as Penny Arcade Expo (PAX). Venue security staff dismissed her complaint.
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* February
  
* February
 
** [[LCA2013 shirtgate]]
  
** [[LCA2013 shirtgate]]
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** At Confoo Conference there was an after party event in which Frédéric Harper sent an email to people via his Microsoft email asking if they would like to attend a strip club. He also asked other women at the conference if they would like to attend.
 
** [http://hackofthesexes.org/ "Hack of the Sexes"], billed as a [https://twitter.com/hackofthesexes/status/299997922051891200 "civic hackathon pinning the boys against the girls"] as well as a "contest to promote innovative solutions to civic problems from the technology and entrepreneurship community in Kansas City", was announced.
  
** [http://hackofthesexes.org/ "Hack of the Sexes"], billed as a [https://twitter.com/hackofthesexes/status/299997922051891200 "civic hackathon pinning the boys against the girls"] as well as a "contest to promote innovative solutions to civic problems from the technology and entrepreneurship community in Kansas City", was announced.
 
** An event in Nashville, Tennessee in the US, [http://sparknashville.eventbrite.com/# "Spark Nashville"], announced itself as featuring "entrepreneurial and tech community patriarchs". In an [https://twitter.com/elizabrock/status/301087744791302146 extensive thread on Twitter], Jared Scheel defended the usage of the term "patriarch" and dismissed women's concerns about it as [https://twitter.com/jscheel/status/301111723723726848 "petty" and "legalistic"].
  
** An event in Nashville, Tennessee in the US, [http://sparknashville.eventbrite.com/# "Spark Nashville"], announced itself as featuring "entrepreneurial and tech community patriarchs". In an [https://twitter.com/elizabrock/status/301087744791302146 extensive thread on Twitter], Jared Scheel defended the usage of the term "patriarch" and dismissed women's concerns about it as [https://twitter.com/jscheel/status/301111723723726848 "petty" and "legalistic"].
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** [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/user/rkentjames/ Kent James], a core reviewer for the open-source Thunderbird project, wrote a blog post with the subject line [http://mesquilla.com/2013/10/23/real-men-do-build-engineering-a-real-threat-to-thunderbird/ "Real Men do Build Engineering"]. Despite knowing that this was sexist (the original post included the question, "So, are there any Real Men out there (or even Real Women) that want to be a hero, and save our project?"), in a comment, James stated "I decided to remove comments that disputed my use of the term 'Real Men'." (In an example of the [[Many bad things in the world]] silencing tactic, he implied that it was acceptable for him to insinuate that men are more likely to understand build engineering than women are because an organization exists that uses the term "real men" and claims to fight domestic violence.)
  
** [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/user/rkentjames/ Kent James], a core reviewer for the open-source Thunderbird project, wrote a blog post with the subject line [http://mesquilla.com/2013/10/23/real-men-do-build-engineering-a-real-threat-to-thunderbird/ "Real Men do Build Engineering"]. Despite knowing that this was sexist (the original post included the question, "So, are there any Real Men out there (or even Real Women) that want to be a hero, and save our project?"), in a comment, James stated "I decided to remove comments that disputed my use of the term 'Real Men'." (In an example of the [[Many bad things in the world]] silencing tactic, he implied that it was acceptable for him to insinuate that men are more likely to understand build engineering than women are because an organization exists that uses the term "real men" and claims to fight domestic violence.)
 
** At the [http://www.cikm2013.org/ ACM CIKM 2013] conference, a presenter showed a slide [https://twitter.com/iwonabb/status/396035959050870784 (photo)] with the text "Big data is like teenage sex: everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it... (Dan Ariely)" The conference did not have an anti-harassment policy posted on its web site.
  
** At the [http://www.cikm2013.org/ ACM CIKM 2013] conference, a presenter showed a slide [https://twitter.com/iwonabb/status/396035959050870784 (photo)] with the text "Big data is like teenage sex: everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it... (Dan Ariely)" The conference did not have an anti-harassment policy posted on its web site.
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** The [[Special support for women thread]] began on Linux Australia's discussion mailing list.
   
 
* November
  
* November
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** [http://twistpeach.livejournal.com/101026.html NBC Sports affiliate editor Dustin Hennessey assaults two women at Arisia Con in Boston, MA]  The Code of Conduct policy empowered one of the women to report the incident and resolve the situation.
  
** [http://twistpeach.livejournal.com/101026.html NBC Sports affiliate editor Dustin Hennessey assaults two women at Arisia Con in Boston, MA]  The Code of Conduct policy empowered one of the women to report the incident and resolve the situation.
 
** [[Dana_McCallum_rape_arrest|Dana McCallum rape arrest]]
  
** [[Dana_McCallum_rape_arrest|Dana McCallum rape arrest]]
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** Nitin Khanna, a prominent investor and executive in the Portland tech scene, [http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2014/01/portland_tech_community_grappl.html is sued by a woman for raping her in 2012]. The parties reach a settlement out of court, the terms of which are confidential. Journalists note the "eerie silence" from the usually-verbose tech community after the case came to light.
   
 
* February
  
* February
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* May
  
* May
 
** [https://twitter.com/mappingbabel/status/463493163743576066 Booth babes make an appearance at the EMCWorld conference]
  
** [https://twitter.com/mappingbabel/status/463493163743576066 Booth babes make an appearance at the EMCWorld conference]
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** [[Django primary-replica terminology patch dispute]]
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** [[Django primary-replica terminology patch dispute|Django primary-replica terminology patch dispute ]]
 
** [[Isla Vista killings]]
  
** [[Isla Vista killings]]
 
** [[Google releases workforce diversity data]]
  
** [[Google releases workforce diversity data]]
 
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day#Discussion_regarding_possible_picture_of_the_day:_Michele_Merkin Discussion on a proposed picture of the day] for Wikipedia.
  
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day#Discussion_regarding_possible_picture_of_the_day:_Michele_Merkin Discussion on a proposed picture of the day] for Wikipedia.
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** [[Jim Frenkel at WisCon 38|James Frenkel attends and volunteers at WisCon 2014]] after harassing an attendee the prior year (see [[SFF harassment revelations 2013]]).
 
* June
  
* June
 
** An Atlassian developer, Jonathan Doklovic, [https://twitter.com/Dmagge/status/474134958349758464/photo/1 compares Maven to his annoying girlfriend] in a conference presentation. (http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/06/04/318882549/women-complain-a-lot-interrupt-developer-says-at-conference). The company [http://blogs.atlassian.com/2014/06/failing-values-team-industry/ quickly apologizes] .
  
** An Atlassian developer, Jonathan Doklovic, [https://twitter.com/Dmagge/status/474134958349758464/photo/1 compares Maven to his annoying girlfriend] in a conference presentation. (http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/06/04/318882549/women-complain-a-lot-interrupt-developer-says-at-conference). The company [http://blogs.atlassian.com/2014/06/failing-values-team-industry/ quickly apologizes] .
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** An open governance activist, Jen Kotila, who has been working with open knowledge organizations in Copenhagen, [[KopenLab harassment|speaks up about the sexual harassment and bullying she has experienced over the past several months in KopenLab]].
  
** An open governance activist, Jen Kotila, who has been working with open knowledge organizations in Copenhagen, [[KopenLab harassment|speaks up about the sexual harassment and bullying she has experienced over the past several months in KopenLab]].
 
** Campus Party Mexico 2015 #CPMX5 : [https://twitter.com/ApplicateMx/status/482365755854303235 @ApplicateMx gives a conference] "Como hacker a una mujer" (How to hack a woman)
  
** Campus Party Mexico 2015 #CPMX5 : [https://twitter.com/ApplicateMx/status/482365755854303235 @ApplicateMx gives a conference] "Como hacker a una mujer" (How to hack a woman)
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** Campus Party Mexico 2015 #CPMX5 : A company puts a QR code model in order to get the attendatss to take pictures of her. [https://twitter.com/incarlosit/status/482315262549450752 Picture on Twitter].
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** Campus Party Mexico 2015 #CPMX5 : A company puts a QR code model in order to get the attendees to take pictures of her. [https://twitter.com/incarlosit/status/482315262549450752 Picture on Twitter].
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** [[Tinder sexual harassment lawsuit]]
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** [http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/01/us-tinder-lawsuit-harrassment-idUSKBN0F52JC20140701?irpc=932 Former dating app Tinder marketing executive Whitney Wolfe sues Tinder for sexual harassment.]
  
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* July
  
* July
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** Scott Kveton, CEO of Portland-area software company Urban Airship, [http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2014/07/top_portland_tech_ceo_faces_se.html investigated for sexual assault].
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** Scott Kveton, CEO of Portland-area software company Urban Airship, [http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2014/07/top_portland_tech_ceo_faces_se.html investigated for sexual assault]. He goes on a [http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/07/urban_airship_ceo_takes_leave.html leave of absence] a few days later.
 
** [http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/07/02/hearthstone-tournament/ Hearthstone Tournament in Finland forbids female players] , apparently on orders from international tournament sponsoring authority
  
** [http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/07/02/hearthstone-tournament/ Hearthstone Tournament in Finland forbids female players] , apparently on orders from international tournament sponsoring authority
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** Christien Rioux (dildog) co-founder of Veracode, [https://twitter.com/dildog/status/485831641500512257 suggests women can't write security exploits]: "With regard to sexism in the security industry, if anyone knows about an exploit written and published by a woman, I'd like to see it."
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** [[Max Temkin rape report]]
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** [[Jim Frenkel at WisCon 38|WisCon announces a temporary and provisional ban on attendance for serial harasser Jim Frenkel]], a decision that dissatisfies many people.
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** Obie Fernandez, the CTO of [http://www.javelin.com/#team Javelin], posted a [https://twitter.com/obie/status/491384651705892864 tweet] comparing node.js to "fucking a 20 year old". ([https://twitter.com/obie/status/491384651705892864 Screenshot of tweet].)
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** [[Cosplayer assault at San Diego Comic-Con]]
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** Madison Young, a member of the steering committee for [[Mothership HackerMoms]], [http://geekfeminism.org/2014/08/06/madison-young-rape-apologism-and-hackermoms/ engaged in] [[derailment]] when a rape-apologist video she had made resurfaced.
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* August
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** [http://adamshostack.com/ Report of a rape at DEFCON] by prominent computer security researcher Adam Shostack
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** [http://anontechlady.wordpress.com/2014/08/04/my-first-oscon/ Anonymous report of pervasive unwanted sexual attention at OSCON] published
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** [[BlackHat 2014 incidents]]
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** [[Defcon 22 incidents]]
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** [[Michael Lopp rape apologism]]
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** [[Defamation of Zoe Quinn]]
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** [http://valleywag.gawker.com/one-woman-finally-calls-out-a-tech-investor-for-creepy-1623490558 Pavel Curda], a prominent venture capitalist, sexually harassed entrepreneur Gesche Haas at a startup networking event. (This occurred in July; Haas reported it in August.)
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** [[Darren Wilson GoFundMe Campaign]]
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** [[Gamergate coordinated harassment campaign]]
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* September
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** David Galiel, an advisor for ChickTech, perseverates about strawfeminst women who are [https://twitter.com/davidgaliel/status/512008879245647872 "aggressive, harassing dicks]" on Twitter. Bonus fedora/trilby.
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** "Dear Kate" underwear Ada Collection ad campaign features [http://time.com/3161169/underwear-ad-dear-kate-tech-women/ women in tech, in their underwear with laptops].
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[[Category:Incidents]]

Revision as of 23:57, 17 September 2014

This is a timeline of sexist incidents in geek communities including:

See Timeline of geek feminism for the development of geek feminism itself.

(Mary Gardiner explains the reason for this list in Why we document on the Geek Feminism blog.)

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  • October
    • Penny Arcade announces Dickwolves tshirts; Courtney Stanton announces Dickwolves Survivors Guild tshirts in protest

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  • October
    • Codemash sexual assault
    • standingwithDNLee Biologist and science writer Dr. Danielle N. Lee responded to being called a "whore" after politely declining to write for free. The Scientific American blog network removed her blog post about it without consulting her, with the excuse that it "verged into the personal."
    • Reports of harassment of Scientific American bloggers by editor Bora Zivkovic surfaced around a year ago, but in October 2013 several women wrote in public naming him and describing his patterns of bad behavior.
    • SF hacker group advertises "Hackers and Hookers " costume party. When called on it, they issue a classic non-apology (both advertisement and apology archived at link).
    • Kent James, a core reviewer for the open-source Thunderbird project, wrote a blog post with the subject line "Real Men do Build Engineering". Despite knowing that this was sexist (the original post included the question, "So, are there any Real Men out there (or even Real Women) that want to be a hero, and save our project?"), in a comment, James stated "I decided to remove comments that disputed my use of the term 'Real Men'." (In an example of the Many bad things in the world silencing tactic, he implied that it was acceptable for him to insinuate that men are more likely to understand build engineering than women are because an organization exists that uses the term "real men" and claims to fight domestic violence.)
    • At the ACM CIKM 2013 conference, a presenter showed a slide (photo) with the text "Big data is like teenage sex: everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it... (Dan Ariely)" The conference did not have an anti-harassment policy posted on its web site.
    • The Special support for women thread began on Linux Australia's discussion mailing list.

2014

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