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Re:Survey of YC female founders on sexual harassment, coerci... by RobLach on Monday October 15, 2018 @08:05PM (#18225266)
Are you suggesting founders are required to treat professional events as places of business as well as the sole venue for finding a potential partner/lover because they'll have no chance otherwise? That's silly.

Working long hours doesn't immediately excuse you from adhering to social contexts, especially when there are obvious power structures present which evidently is rampantly abusive across industries.

'Innappropriate incidents' is entirely subjective and can't be defined beyond a personal context. If one party believes the manner in which someone else operates in a context is inappropriate, that's enough of a definition, especially in the context of such a survey.

Re:Survey of YC female founders on sexual harassment, coerci... by naasking on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @01:37PM (#18231378)
> 'Innappropriate incidents' is entirely subjective and can't be defined beyond a personal context.

That's unacceptable. If there are no firm, objective rules then anyone can be guilty of anything and "inappropriateness" loses all meaning.

I could consider the fact that you don't pray before eating something inappropriate in a work dinner context.