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Old 11-05-2006, 10:40 AM   #5
Elspode
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Raytown, Missouri
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Originally Posted by wolf
First reported one at your festival, you mean, els. There is a lot of social pressure at a pagan festival to, uh, how shall I put it ... share, be open, etc. etc. etc.

I do know of at least one reported rape in that environment. Usually, however, the male predators get away with it because of the above-described notion.
We're pretty adamant about educating our attendees not to do *anything* with which they are not comfortable. Anyone observed by our rather large Staff behaving inappropriately usually experiences an intervention from one of our burly, yet sensitive Safety Gods.

I cannot say definitively that sexual pressure does not occur at our Fest, or that women (or even men) sometimes succumb to that pressure, but I'd be fairly confident in saying that it probably happens less often per capita than with the public at large.
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