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Standing up, taking pictures without hiding, engaging with staff in front of the guys causing the problem, and pointing them out is passive?

What, exactly, would you have her do to escape this passivity?

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Passive aggressive behavior does not imply passivity. What would I have done? Well assuming that I'd give a shit, I'd probably talk to the guys directly. You know, "Hey guys, this is a professional conference, let's keep it professional". Again, that's assuming that they actually said something objectionable which I'm not sure they did.

yes! exactly. its like she's in class and some boys were exchanging dirty jokes behind her and she overheard. instead of turning around to tell them to shut up 'cos its annoying her or even just to 'shhhhhhh!' , she called the teacher over to report them and then posted on her blog/fb/twitter that she just got adrian/michael/david who were sitting behind her thrown out of class for exchanging dirty jokes. and felt like a hero doing it.

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