There are only so many precautions we can take as individuals. We can travel in groups and keep our eyes open and drink less, but that doesn't help the woman who's groped on an escalator - where she can't get away - or in the crush coming out of the Hyatt ballrooms - where she can't get away - or in an elevator that's suddenly filled with the wrong guys - where she can't get away. Women were assaulted last year in daylight, in crowds, fully clothed, fully sober, etc. Those women took all the 'necessary' precautions and it wasn't enough.

There's only so much that the average con-goer can do short of not attending, and beyond that we have to rely on the con staff and the hotels to help us out.