Some people who frequently post very intelligent things said some pretty worthwhile stuff in strong opposition to the idea. I read it and could understand where they were coming from, but it seemed like a bit of an over-reaction to me.
I do think though that the idea of this being a thing that happened at a lot of different conventions with the whole button idea and everything isn't so great. I do feel that it would change SF conventions in a way that made them less welcoming to women in general. And that was seemingly what the suggestion was originally.
But I don't feel that, from the description of what happened there at that place at that time that it was in any way negative or wrong. It sounded like a lot of people had a lot of fun pushing a boundary that's ordinarily there.
OTOH, I frequently wish I could turn my sexuality off because it largely causes me a lot of unhappiness and frustration. And I tend to feel more that way when it seems like my sexuality is undesired and unwanted because I am male which seems to me to be a lot of the attitude I get from many of the negative posters.
My preliminary thoughts on this
Some people who frequently post very intelligent things said some pretty worthwhile stuff in strong opposition to the idea. I read it and could understand where they were coming from, but it seemed like a bit of an over-reaction to me.
I do think though that the idea of this being a thing that happened at a lot of different conventions with the whole button idea and everything isn't so great. I do feel that it would change SF conventions in a way that made them less welcoming to women in general. And that was seemingly what the suggestion was originally.
But I don't feel that, from the description of what happened there at that place at that time that it was in any way negative or wrong. It sounded like a lot of people had a lot of fun pushing a boundary that's ordinarily there.
OTOH, I frequently wish I could turn my sexuality off because it largely causes me a lot of unhappiness and frustration. And I tend to feel more that way when it seems like my sexuality is undesired and unwanted because I am male which seems to me to be a lot of the attitude I get from many of the negative posters.