The problem here is not the inappropriate behavior of one individual at a conference -- there will always be someone behaving badly. The problem is that when made statements like "all women who come to conferences should be available", that every other person at that table did not immediately speak up and say "Hey, shut up! You're behaving like an asshole and I won't have it!".
That is exactly what we need. Stupid casual statements made in the presence of other men are "tests" to gauge the acceptability of the behavior. That is the critical point in time when this behavior can be stopped, and the socially dangerous individual conditioned to live acceptably in our society.
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The problem here is not the inappropriate behavior of one individual at a conference -- there will always be someone behaving badly. The problem is that when made statements like "all women who come to conferences should be available", that every other person at that table did not immediately speak up and say "Hey, shut up! You're behaving like an asshole and I won't have it!".
That is exactly what we need. Stupid casual statements made in the presence of other men are "tests" to gauge the acceptability of the behavior. That is the critical point in time when this behavior can be stopped, and the socially dangerous individual conditioned to live acceptably in our society.