6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault and Harassment

Re:6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault ... by rayiner on Friday June 23, 2017 @06:15PM (#14623182)

I was a robot club nerd so the concept of locker room talk is foreign to me. But now as a grown up, I can't say that I've ever felt unable to connect with another man because I can't make a sexually aggressive comment about a coworker or mutual acquaintance.

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Re:6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault ... by coldtea on Saturday June 24, 2017 @05:56AM (#14625059)

Note that the "sexually aggressive comment" can just refer to a plain "sexual comment" (which changes the whole sentence's meaning).

And it's labelled "aggressive" because of several centuries of hardcore religious puritanism leaving their mark on all aspects of US culture. Sex is naughty. Sex talk is aggressive.

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Re:6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault ... by twobyfour on Saturday June 24, 2017 @08:16AM (#14625331)

You don't have to be a puritan to think that comments that disrespect others' boundaries ("grab them by the pussy!") are aggressive.

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Re:6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault ... by coldtea on Saturday June 24, 2017 @08:39PM (#14628074)

Only we didn't speak specifically about such talk here.

The parent said "There's some value in being able to talk bluntly with other men. And I'm not sure it's much worse than what I observed groups of women talking about".

And this was immediately taken to mean "aggressive sexual comment".

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Re:6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault ... by graphememes on Saturday June 24, 2017 @07:29AM (#14625236)

Religion strikes again!

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