Rubix comments on How to deal with someone in a LessWrong meeting being creepy - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Rubix 08 September 2012 12:43:22AM 11 points [-]

Moreover, when a low-status person creeps on me, I feel like I have more freedom to express nicely to them that I was creeped out and offer to explain why. When a high-status person creeps on me, I feel like they have too much power to want to stop or listen to me, and nobody else will listen to me either, because this person has social command.

Comment author: [deleted] 08 September 2012 01:05:43AM 11 points [-]

Yeah, same here. Creepy behavior from people with high status is a big red flag on a group or social situation for me; it implies that at least in some cases they can get away with that, and I categorically don't feel emotionally safe in those environments.

Comment author: Rubix 08 September 2012 04:31:19AM 7 points [-]

See also: The Missing Stair. Source has a history of overusing feminist memes with the result of obfuscating their point, but I think this piece was particularly well-written.