Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe Sexual Harassment

Re:Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe... by jimmywanger on Friday June 30, 2017 @09:10PM (#14674678)

> I expect less VCs to take meetings with women, sadly. Why? There's a really simple procedure that can solve these problems: Don't hit on, feel-up, or try to have sex with people you're in a professional business relationship with. That goes double for people you hold power over (managers to employees, VCs to Founders, etc). If you're really truly worried about false accusations then here's another fix you can have for free: record your meetings, texts, emails, and calls with founders and/or don't meet alone.

You simply expose your naivete.

http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/california-recording-law

Any recordings done without the approval of the other party are illegal (opening you up to legal actions) and are completely inadmissible in court.

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Re:Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe... by Mtinie on Friday June 30, 2017 @09:49PM (#14674856)

The previous comment didn't allude to illegal recording of conversations without consent. The suggestion was to ensure there was a record of all interactions.

If I'm a VC and I've scheduled a meeting at my office it is as simple as letting the party I'm meeting with know that I had planned on recording for my archives.

Nothing unusual or sketchy about the request, especially in a business setting.

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Re:Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe... by munchbunny on Friday June 30, 2017 @09:32PM (#14674779)

If you're a VC, you can just ask if it's okay that you record the meeting for record-keeping or pick-your-reason.

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