Elevatorgate

English Etymology en :af elevator -gate<id:scandal> 1 + Proper noun A controversy of 2011 over whether the American blogger Rebecca Watson was right to suggest that a man in an elevator inviting her to his room for coffee was behaving inappropriately. en 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. en 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. en 2015 The Evolution of Atheism: The Politics of a Modern Movement Stephen LeDrew 0190225181 Dawkins' reaction to the Elevatorgate debates was therefore not only ideological but also strategic, born of a pragmatic desire to maintain movement cohesion and ideological focus. en The Tyranny of Opinion: Conformity and the Future of Liberalism Russell Blackford 2018 Seymour would have been on stronger ground if he'd criticized Nagle for her comments on so-called New Atheism and her description of a sequence of events in 2011 that was labelled at the time as Elevatorgate. See also en Donglegate