<story><title>Steve Jurvetson is out at his own VC firm after allegations of sexual harassment</title><url>https://www.recode.net/2017/11/13/16645274/steve-jurvetson-out-draper-fisher-jurvetson-sexual-harassment</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hkmurakami</author><text> Following these very visible and high profile falls from grace, in politics, media and entertainment, and high tech, there must be some legitimate concerns that in the near future the Billy Graham rule [1] (or lately called the Graham-Pence rule) will find more followers than before.&lt;p&gt;Many men in power will instinctually and subconsciously cut out women from their professional lives more than before, to the detriment of women&amp;#x27;s career advancement. Polls [2] suggest that this isn&amp;#x27;t a rare position even today. Mitigating this next challenge should be part of the current successful campaign that women and allies of women have been waging today, since even though to some it will be clear that basic attitudes of respect and professional distance will suffice, many others will make a fear-driven overreaction.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Billy_Graham_rule&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Billy_Graham_rule&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;upshot&amp;#x2F;members-of-the-opposite-sex-at-work-gender-study.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;upshot&amp;#x2F;members-of-the-opp...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Steve Jurvetson is out at his own VC firm after allegations of sexual harassment</title><url>https://www.recode.net/2017/11/13/16645274/steve-jurvetson-out-draper-fisher-jurvetson-sexual-harassment</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jkw</author><text>Reply from Steve Jurvetson:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;I am leaving DFJ to focus on personal matters, including taking legal action against those whose false statements have defamed me.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;dfjsteve&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;930170825625370624&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;dfjsteve&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;930170825625370624&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>