<story><title>Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe Sexual Harassment</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/technology/women-entrepreneurs-speak-out-sexual-harassment.html?_r=0</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>CydeWeys</author><text>This is a watershed moment in the VC industry.  The dam has finally burst, and we&amp;#x27;re now seeing the establishment of a new norm in which women who are being harassed go public rather than feeling compelled to hide it.  Expect to see many men who were operating under the old norms getting ousted.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>19eightyfour</author><text>Hopefully man on man abuse comes out as well. Sex abuse between all pairings &amp;#x2F; genders happens but there are not so many women VCs so it&amp;#x27;s unlikely that&amp;#x27;s going to come down here. But there are quite a few gay VCs.&lt;p&gt;My advice to everybody is keep meticulous notes and records of your interactions with others, regardless of gender. This is important to expose abuse and to expose lies.</text></comment>
<story><title>Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe Sexual Harassment</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/technology/women-entrepreneurs-speak-out-sexual-harassment.html?_r=0</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>CydeWeys</author><text>This is a watershed moment in the VC industry.  The dam has finally burst, and we&amp;#x27;re now seeing the establishment of a new norm in which women who are being harassed go public rather than feeling compelled to hide it.  Expect to see many men who were operating under the old norms getting ousted.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>5thaccount</author><text>I expect less VCs to take meetings with women, sadly. Not because they are likely to be problems, quite the opposite I&amp;#x27;d wager.&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s going to be the rather depressing and sad reality of the shakeout of this.</text></comment>