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

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Comment author: [deleted] 08 September 2012 01:59:58AM *  3 points [-]

Now, if it does happens, yes, the creep involved has no excuse but to stop. But the signals people, and particularly woman, give off can be much more obscure if you don't know what you're doing.

That sounds like placing the onus for dealing with poor social skills onto the person who's confronted with them, though, in a general sort of way.

Comment author: drethelin 08 September 2012 02:06:01AM 9 points [-]

For practical purposes, the onus should be on whoever has the ability to deal with it. If someone unknowingly does something you don't like, and you want them to stop, telling them is say more useful to both of you, regardless of your views on "victim blaming"