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Re:6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault ... by biocomputation on Friday June 23, 2017 @06:19PM (#14623200)
I am the very close relative of two women in tech. One of my relatives was on the receiving end of repeated, unwanted advances over the last several months, none of which were reported to HR because she didn't want to destroy her career at the company.

Last weekend she received an unsolicited, nearly naked photo from the same male co-worker. Needless to say, he is no longer at the company.

This is sad on two counts. First, it's sad that my relative felt she couldn't report because she thought it would harm her career. It sickens me to say this, but maybe she was right. Maybe it would have harmed her career.

Second, and I've seen this before, she had to endure further harassment until he really escalated so she could report something significant enough that she felt it wouldn't harm her credibility.

Though we're discussing this through the lens of the tech industry, the most horrifying thing of all is that this isn't even a problem that's unique to tech.

It's pervasive. Still.

Re:6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault ... by r00fus on Saturday June 24, 2017 @02:35AM (#14624626)
Does sending dick-pics or beefcake shots actually work? Especially if you keep getting rejection?

What prompts this kind of mentality?

Re:6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault ... by belorn on Saturday June 24, 2017 @11:06AM (#14625819)
It was just the other day that that I read in the local news about a woman that was arrested for sending breast pictures to an ex, sending death threats to his new girlfriend, and stalking him from his home to work.

Stalking seems to be some form of obsessive behavior, and I suspect that sending pictures is an early stage of such behavior. It also describe a cure for it, ie similar cures we have when obsessive behavior makes someone a criminal.

Re:6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault ... by s_kilk on Saturday June 24, 2017 @06:31AM (#14625120)
> What prompts this kind of mentality?

Maladjusted chuds being maladjusted.

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Re:6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault ... by DonHopkins on Friday June 23, 2017 @08:42PM (#14623786)
So you're saying idiots can't sexually harass people. Is that your excuse?
Re:6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault ... by pbhjpbhj on Saturday June 24, 2017 @03:30AM (#14624744)
I think he's trying to distinguish between someone with poor ability to pick up on social cues (from someone with poor ability to communicate their wishes/feelings) and a sexual predator. That seems like a reasonable distinction to make, though both can have the same moral fault and/or commit the same crime; motivation is important when we look towards someone's character.
Re:6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault ... by rayiner on Saturday June 24, 2017 @12:07PM (#14626037)
You've got to take responsibility for your actions and not make your problem other peoples' problem. If I'm nearsighted, it's irresponsible for me to drive without my glasses. Likewise, if you're bad at pickup up social cues, you probably should not be hitting on coworkers.
Re:6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault ... by DonHopkins on Saturday June 24, 2017 @06:56AM (#14625174)
This is not the first time I've heard somebody try to fly the lame excuse that they're not guilty of doing something they actually did, because they were too stupid to know it was illegal.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/republicans-emergin...

Re:6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault ... by FeepingCreature on Saturday June 24, 2017 @07:28AM (#14625228)
> the lame excuse that they're not guilty

That's not what they said at all.

> > That seems like a reasonable distinction to make, though both can have the same moral fault and/or commit the same crime; motivation is important when we look towards someone's character.

Stop rounding people to stereotypes.

Re:6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault ... by DonHopkins on Saturday June 24, 2017 @08:10PM (#14627998)
Yes it is what they said, actually:

"And I'm not saying X, but X." where "X" = "it's her fault".

Just because you deny what you're about to say in the same sentence just before you say it, doesn't mean you didn't say it.

So what is your motivation for defending someone who's trying to shift the blame to the victim of sexual harassment, and how does that speak to your character?

Re:6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault ... by pbhjpbhj on Sunday June 25, 2017 @05:35AM (#14629311)
You're mis-framing my position in a highly offensive way.

Ignorance of the law is not a defence against it. That's right and proper.

If I believe you are happy with me taking money from your wallet, and so take some. Can you see that would be a different category morally to if I believed you would condemn such action and yet still took the money. Both situations might be theft, both might be judged morally wrong. But to me the moral character of the person in the two situations is different. And, that differences is worthy of note.

Re:6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault ... by DonHopkins on Monday June 26, 2017 @12:34AM (#14634115)
You're mis-framing the right of a stupid man to send unsolicited naked pictures of himself to a non-consenting woman without getting fired in a highly offensive way. You're wrong that stupidity is a justifiable excuse for that behavior.

"her silence [...] causing him to escalate to naked pictures"

Don't blame the victim's silence for "causing" an "escalation" to sending naked pictures. He decided to do it of his own free will, she did not "cause" him to do that by being silent.

Re:6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault ... by braveo on Saturday June 24, 2017 @09:07PM (#14628150)
The motivation of the above poster is accuracy.

based upon your post I can understand why you find it difficult identifying such a thing, but there it is.

You're so blinded by your beliefs you've lost all sense of fairness and balance and mistake moderates as the being of the opposing faction.

Re:6 Women Accuse Tech VC Justin Caldbeck of Sexual Assault ... by dang on Monday June 26, 2017 @01:17AM (#14634277)
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