<story><title>My experience with sexual harassment in the Scala community</title><url>https://yifanxing.medium.com/my-experience-with-sexual-harassment-in-the-scala-community-9245b4a139de</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>merb</author><text>first, a small rant:
tbf. I dislike the title.
the real title is sexual harassment from Jon Pretty a leader of certain Scala Community standups.&lt;p&gt;because the current title actually sounds like it&amp;#x27;s the whole commnity, but the blog is about a specific guy.&lt;p&gt;---&lt;p&gt;second I really do not understand, how other people can be so horrible. he basically abused her in a moment where she was really really desperate and I think such a thing is really really bad.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nerdponx</author><text>&amp;gt; In June, Heather noticed that I was upset at a dinner after ScalaDays. I shared with her about what happened. She warned me to stay away from Jon Pretty. And she wasn’t the only person who told me that. Even though my experience in Berlin was awful, it was difficult for me to accept that someone, who seemed like a good friend, mentor, and ally, could be so selfish, manipulative, and cruel.&lt;p&gt;It sounds like people knew about him and didn&amp;#x27;t do anything. If the community is allowing it to happen, then the community is as much at fault as the sick individual doing the abuse.</text></comment>
<story><title>My experience with sexual harassment in the Scala community</title><url>https://yifanxing.medium.com/my-experience-with-sexual-harassment-in-the-scala-community-9245b4a139de</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>merb</author><text>first, a small rant:
tbf. I dislike the title.
the real title is sexual harassment from Jon Pretty a leader of certain Scala Community standups.&lt;p&gt;because the current title actually sounds like it&amp;#x27;s the whole commnity, but the blog is about a specific guy.&lt;p&gt;---&lt;p&gt;second I really do not understand, how other people can be so horrible. he basically abused her in a moment where she was really really desperate and I think such a thing is really really bad.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ummonk</author><text>The community has allowed this guy to continue to be influential, so while the perpetrator is just one guy, it’s a community problem.</text></comment>