Google Engineers Organizing a Walk Out to Protest the Protection of Andy Rubin

Re:Google Engineers Organizing a Walk Out to Protest the Pro... by tw04 on Monday October 29, 2018 @07:32PM (#18332636)

>No, he coerced them into it - if you have a position of power, and you say "have sex with me", effectively in exchange for your treatment/employment in the company

Unless you've got info beyond what was in the times report, you're making a TON of assumptions about the nature of the relationship.

As I said, it's wrong and he should be fired for having relations with a subordinate no matter what the circumstances were. But to dive Right into "do this if you want to stay employed" when you don't even know which party initiated the relationship is a bit unfair.

Unless Google or the woman in question come forward with more info, I don't think it's at all fair to just assume the worst about everyone involved.

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Re:Google Engineers Organizing a Walk Out to Protest the Pro... by matt4077 on Monday October 29, 2018 @08:23PM (#18332938)

Is there something you enjoy about explicit stories of sexual assault and coercion that would make you want to force victims to see the intimate details of their trauma published for all to see?

Because that seems to go somewhat beyond the usual standard. And it wouldn't even be helpful, unless you follow it up with a demand of DNA samples and expert witnesses.

FWIW: the parent comment wasn't assuming anything–they just more or less gave you the definition of coercion.

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Re:Google Engineers Organizing a Walk Out to Protest the Pro... by lawnchair_larry on Monday October 29, 2018 @08:58PM (#18333146)

The problem is that none of that is even alleged to have happened. The burning man guy was not Andy Rubin. According to the report, the coercion bit was from a woman he had a multi-year consensual affair with, after she decided to break up with him. So, it is not that simple.

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