Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe Sexual Harassment
This entire article is a smorgasbord of cringe:<p>&gt;<i>During the recruiting process, Mr. McClure, a founder of 500 Startups and an investor, sent her a Facebook message that read in part, “I was getting confused figuring out whether to hire you or hit on you.”</i><p>One would think having the phrases &quot;hire you&quot; and &quot;hit on you&quot; in the same sentence when communicating with someone undergoing recruitment at your company would be reason enough to take pause for a moment, and maybe ponder why PR suicide seems like a good idea.<p>&gt;<i>Mr. Canter, in an interview, said that Ms. Dent “came on strong to me, asking for help” and that she had used her sexuality publicly. He said he disliked her ideas so he behaved the way he did to make her go away.</i><p>???<p>&gt;<i>Lindsay Meyer, an entrepreneur in San Francisco, said Mr. Caldbeck put $25,000 of his own money into her fitness start-up in 2015. That gave Mr. Caldbeck reason to constantly text her; in those messages, reviewed by The Times, he asked if she was attracted to him and why she would rather be with her boyfriend than him. At times, he groped and kissed her, she said.</i><p>That one&#x27;s just downright pathological creepy in the extreme.