I don’t understand either. It’s common within the contra world (ex, from one of the central organizations) to claim that these policies are needed by 30% of people, but as far as I can tell this is a massive overestimate.
My guess is that this comes from having a strong desire to be welcoming and open to all, and the people convincing dances to adopt the policies not being clear about the scale of the request they’re putting on the attendees. And probably some sense that there’s no amount of minor inconvenience to some people that outweighs preventing harm to other people.
I don’t understand either. It’s common within the contra world (ex, from one of the central organizations) to claim that these policies are needed by 30% of people, but as far as I can tell this is a massive overestimate.
My guess is that this comes from having a strong desire to be welcoming and open to all, and the people convincing dances to adopt the policies not being clear about the scale of the request they’re putting on the attendees. And probably some sense that there’s no amount of minor inconvenience to some people that outweighs preventing harm to other people.
Added something to the end of the post based on a survey I did a few years ago.