Still has little to do with gender bias. The investors are there for the money. I've seen companies keep known alcoholics around because they provide enough value for said company to deal with it.
The issue isn't that it happened, it's attributing it to simple gender bias. It's dishonest.
Can we be more honest than that?
Looks like someone didn't bother to click through to the meaty articles about that point. The police dropped all charges against him, and he plead to a misdemeanor with a fine.
Imagine this... You find out your partner of who knows how long, has been having unprotected sex for money for (I think the article said years). I say she deserves a beating if that was true. In my book, she's throwing dice around with his life/health. And if they have kids, she's messing with their future and well-being as well. Horrible, and just goes to show that sexism is alive and well, but not as they portray it. Because we're up in arms about a guy smacking around someone who happens to be female, because she put his life in danger.
People on the internet love being outraged. And this article is just fanning the shit around even more to further their cause. I feel for them, and there might even be true discrimination out there against women, but attention seeks like the ones in this article are doing them a disservice. If not out right mocking them by using their problems for personal PR.
Just want to emphasize that sentence there.
You have a context that makes domestic violence acceptable? I sure didn't see it in your parent comment.
Man or woman, yes, that sort of behavior deserves a beating.
Thank you for spelling it out for me. This bit with the inevstors apparently condoning the behaviour is what I was missing.
So what do you think should happen? The man pleaded guilty and paid his due, presumably.
Should his career be forever destroyed?
I'm curious.
Many people have switched to saying 'partner' for all relationships to help demonstrate their support for gay marriage.
> Everyone wanted to see proof.
He already pled guilty.
> Why is this particular instance difficult for women in tech?
Well, it's an example of someone's incredibly personal abuse story possibly being shown to millions of people against their will.
Also, he was the CEO of a tech startup, and the tech startup media did all the reporting on it, and all his investors literally said 'congratulations, I'm glad this is behind you' after he pled guilty.
> Why not everywhere?
Something can be a problem in a certain industry, and also in general. Both statements can be true.