Elevatorgate

English

Etymology

elevator +‎ -gate

Proper noun

Elevatorgate

  1. A controversy of 2011 over whether the American blogger Rebecca Watson was being reasonable in suggesting that a man in an elevator inviting her for coffee was being inappropriate.
    • 2015, Karla Mantilla, Gendertrolling: How Misogyny Went Viral
      One of the difficulties for the women whom Elevatorgate is “Storifying” lies in making a determination as to when his following them becomes obsessive enough to qualify as stalking and whether that signifies actual danger for the women he is obsessed with.
    • 2015, Corey Wrenn, A Rational Approach to Animal Rights: Extensions in Abolitionist Theory
      This divide can be traced to the infamous 2011 “Elevatorgate” incident following Skepchick founder Rebecca Watson's experience with sexual harassment at a skepticism conference.

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