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A comment on Survey of YC female founders on sexual harassment, coercion by angels and VCs. Parent comment

Re:Survey of YC female founders on sexual harassment, coerci... by tomp on Monday October 15, 2018 @06:24PM (#18224452)
> It's akin to promoting someone based on their personal loyalty to the manager rather than their ability to do the job.

Nah, it's way worse. Promoting based on trust can be good, trust is a very important commodity (and hard to come by). In contrast to sexual availability or whatever.

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Re:Survey of YC female founders on sexual harassment, coerci... by mwfunk on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @02:27AM (#18227099)
I agree, although I would distinguish between trust and personal loyalty. Trust is collegial, but loyalty is a submissive relationship, at least in the sense that I mean it here. I trust decisions based purely on trust, but I distrust decisions based purely on loyalty, which is unquestioning.
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Re:Survey of YC female founders on sexual harassment, coerci... by tomp on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @04:33AM (#18227692)
Makes sense, I didn't consider that small but important distinction!
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