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This doesn't scare me away from going to conventions. I wouldn't participate, I wouldn't wear a button. If someone asked, I would tell them that I was not wearing a button and that they should not ask. If someone groped without asking, I would have them pinned to a wall before they could register any pleasure from the gropage.

Having said that, I think I'm a rarity.

Socially clueless people abound at conventions. So do shy people and introverted people. Shy, introverted women are not going to take well to being asked if they can be felt up by socially clueless male strangers who didn't notice the lack of a button. This is going to turn conventions into an extremely uncomfortable space for many women.

I think I would avoid on principle any convention that allowed this outside of dedicated room parties, and that was not expressly an adult/alternative-lifestyles convention where most of the attendees know what to expect and how to behave.