Re: [activities] Nomination: Michael Chesterton

I really had no idea of the incident. I withdraw my nomination.

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:15 AM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 2009/3/9 Harrison Conlin <[email protected]>:
>>> On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Lindsay Holmwood
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> I enjoy passive-aggressiveness as much as the next person, but could
> you please enumerate your concerns?
>>> Sure. In IRC, he regularly shouts out the name of male genitalia, and
> frequently makes sexual innuendos. Also, last month he was removed from
> the channel for doing an action of patting a female on the rear in a
> sexist manner.
>>
>> I wasn't going to say anything, but since the topic was raised...
>>
>> It wasn't the rear, it was the front :(
>
> For those who do not know the context of this, the term used was 'fanny'.
>
> The interpretation of that word depends greatly where you take your
> reference from:
>
> * The definition I grew up with, which I believe has en-gb heritage, does
> mean the front [0].
>
> * However, if using the en-us definition (which due to Americanisation now
> appears the predominantly accepted definition in .au), it is the rear [1].
>
> In my experience, most people in .au do know both definitions of the word.
> I find that those who choose to use it do so in ambiguous situations for
> maximum shock/confusion/insult value -- with the intent on claiming the US
> definition as their defense.
>
> I am choosing to take the stance of 'assuming stupidity rather than
> malice' in this instance, and hoping that Chesty merely meant the poor
> girl's rear...
>
> ... which is *still* inappropriate, and should not be tolerated. At all.
>
>>
>> Honestly, given the efforts we've been making in terms of addressing
> gender imbalance issues in the past couple of years, I think it would be
> a massive step backwards if such behaviour was rewarded.
>>
>
> I agree wholeheartedly with this.
>
> I'd also like to point out that *everyone* can provide assistance to SLUG
> and helping does not require Committee membership [2].
>
>
> --
> [0] Sorry, no link since I'm at work, and my desk is alongside the main
> thoroughfare. I did try search 'nomenclature fanny' but the results did
> not seem SFW, although the text for them might provide insight. Feel free
> to Google for yourself though.
>
> [1] My mother has an amusing story from a seminar she attended many many
> moons ago, where the speaker was an US American who complained how sore
> his 'fanny' was from the longhaul flight.
>
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