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I don't understand why it even happens. With all high-profile cases in the last few years, can people hold it for a while? Or everybody is hiring 19 year old bo

I don't understand why it even happens. With all high-profile cases in the last few years, can people hold it for a while? Or everybody is hiring 19 year old boys who physiologically can't?

swampthinker 9y ago
I think a large part of it has to do with the fact that young college students and/or recent graduates building startups and hitting it big with VC funding. It's effectively giving kids that haven't grown up a large sum of money.
- EliRivers 9y ago
  Even so, do these VCs not install any kind of adult supervision when they put their money on the line? Sure, they don't want to just bring in their own CEO, but a little bit of guidance along the lines of "this is a fucking workplace, not somewhere for you to play out your immature sexual power fantasies and jeopardise my money" would go a long way.
  - throwanem 9y ago
    Fetter one's stable of unicorns? Heaven forfend! They're such delicate creatures.
  - swampthinker 9y ago
    It's pretty easy to hide what you don't want found.
- duskwuff 9y ago
  That's the impression I got too. A lot of the behavior described in the complaint reminds me of an out-of-control frat house.
drawnwren 9y ago
Until they have a chance to answer the complaint, we should probably reserve judgement. However, if even 10% of this is true - I can't comprehend how anyone would think this was a culture that would work in 2017.
pavlov 9y ago
You're thinking it too rationally. Sexual harassment begins as a test of power and turns into a perpetuating abuse of power. A well-known American described its appeal thus: "Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything."
santaclaus 9y ago
> Or everybody is hiring 19 year old boys who physiologically can't? Not that being 19 is an excuse, but the founders of UploadVR are closer to 30 than to 19.
johnny22 9y ago
>> 19 year old boys who physiologically can't I was 19 once.. it really wasn't that difficult.

I don't understand why it even happens. With all high-profile cases in the last few years, can people hold it for a while? Or everybody is hiring 19 year old boys who physiologically can't?

swampthinker 9y ago

I think a large part of it has to do with the fact that young college students and/or recent graduates building startups and hitting it big with VC funding. It's effectively giving kids that haven't grown up a large sum of money.

EliRivers 9y ago
Even so, do these VCs not install any kind of adult supervision when they put their money on the line? Sure, they don't want to just bring in their own CEO, but a little bit of guidance along the lines of "this is a fucking workplace, not somewhere for you to play out your immature sexual power fantasies and jeopardise my money" would go a long way.
- throwanem 9y ago
  Fetter one's stable of unicorns? Heaven forfend! They're such delicate creatures.
- swampthinker 9y ago
  It's pretty easy to hide what you don't want found.
duskwuff 9y ago
That's the impression I got too. A lot of the behavior described in the complaint reminds me of an out-of-control frat house.

drawnwren 9y ago

Until they have a chance to answer the complaint, we should probably reserve judgement. However, if even 10% of this is true - I can't comprehend how anyone would think this was a culture that would work in 2017.

pavlov 9y ago

You're thinking it too rationally. Sexual harassment begins as a test of power and turns into a perpetuating abuse of power. A well-known American described its appeal thus: "Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything."

santaclaus 9y ago

> Or everybody is hiring 19 year old boys who physiologically can't? Not that being 19 is an excuse, but the founders of UploadVR are closer to 30 than to 19.

johnny22 9y ago

>> 19 year old boys who physiologically can't I was 19 once.. it really wasn't that difficult.