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> 2. If you are a VC I assume that you have money, lots of money. Why not hire an escort? Why not be a sugar daddy to someone? Why have a or try to have a sexua

> 2. If you are a VC I assume that you have money, lots of money. Why not hire an escort? Why not be a sugar daddy to someone? Why have a or try to have a sexual relationship with someone you work with or someone you have a business relationship with, especially in this day and age? Because society tells you it's allowed. Because it's easier to trick yourself into thinking it's consensual. Because so many other powerful men do it. Because you can.

JohnTClark 8y ago
Yes, but even if it is consensual, you need to understand that you live in a world where if you are a powerful man and a female subordinate says your name and sex in the same sentence you're career is over. I don't know why I expect more intelligence from VC's. They made millions/billions and they have a simple choice: try to have sex with a subordinate which most of the time will not be the best sex in the world and it will be possibly ruin my life vs escort/model. They made millions of $ and can't make a simple decision.
- pvg 8y ago
  you live in a world where if you are a powerful man and a female subordinate says your name and sex in the same sentence you're career is over. No, that's a made up world and nobody lives in it.
  - JohnTClark 8y ago
    Ok, a little bit of exaggeration. How about a world where a women lie about not giving consent just to eliminate you from the corporate ladder?
    - pvg 8y ago
      How about a world in which you reconsider showing up to troll on a thread about a serious topic and someone's serious effort to assess a real problem? Women are generally not running around 'eliminating you from the corporate ladder'. I'm not even going to touch the whole 'escort/sugar daddy' pile of ick because that's already an unreasonably charitable way to describe it.
      - JohnTClark 8y ago
        I am not trying to troll. And I know women don't run around eliminating men but you can't dismiss the low % that do that and even give them a tool to do that easier. And about escort/sugar daddy sorry, I thought that people here are more progressive. There are women who do this and as long as they chose to do this more power to them.
    - UncleMeat 8y ago
      The president of the united states has multiple sexual assault allegations against him. Clearly an allegation is not enough to destroy a career.
- rconti 8y ago
  Why do people like Tiger Woods even bother getting married, if they have no desire to be faithful? I think this is the same class of question.
- AlexandrB 8y ago
  > They made millions/billions and they have a simple choice: try to have sex with a subordinate which most of the time will not be the best sex in the world and it will be possibly ruin my life vs escort/model. They made millions of $ and can't make a simple decision. What a bizarre, transactional view of relationships. The answer is pretty obvious - you do the former because you want to have sex with someone you actually like and have things in common with, not just someone "hot".

JohnTClark 8y ago

Yes, but even if it is consensual, you need to understand that you live in a world where if you are a powerful man and a female subordinate says your name and sex in the same sentence you're career is over. I don't know why I expect more intelligence from VC's. They made millions/billions and they have a simple choice: try to have sex with a subordinate which most of the time will not be the best sex in the world and it will be possibly ruin my life vs escort/model. They made millions of $ and can't make a simple decision.

pvg 8y ago
you live in a world where if you are a powerful man and a female subordinate says your name and sex in the same sentence you're career is over. No, that's a made up world and nobody lives in it.
- JohnTClark 8y ago
  Ok, a little bit of exaggeration. How about a world where a women lie about not giving consent just to eliminate you from the corporate ladder?
  - pvg 8y ago
    How about a world in which you reconsider showing up to troll on a thread about a serious topic and someone's serious effort to assess a real problem? Women are generally not running around 'eliminating you from the corporate ladder'. I'm not even going to touch the whole 'escort/sugar daddy' pile of ick because that's already an unreasonably charitable way to describe it.
    - JohnTClark 8y ago
      I am not trying to troll. And I know women don't run around eliminating men but you can't dismiss the low % that do that and even give them a tool to do that easier. And about escort/sugar daddy sorry, I thought that people here are more progressive. There are women who do this and as long as they chose to do this more power to them.
  - UncleMeat 8y ago
    The president of the united states has multiple sexual assault allegations against him. Clearly an allegation is not enough to destroy a career.
rconti 8y ago
Why do people like Tiger Woods even bother getting married, if they have no desire to be faithful? I think this is the same class of question.
AlexandrB 8y ago
> They made millions/billions and they have a simple choice: try to have sex with a subordinate which most of the time will not be the best sex in the world and it will be possibly ruin my life vs escort/model. They made millions of $ and can't make a simple decision. What a bizarre, transactional view of relationships. The answer is pretty obvious - you do the former because you want to have sex with someone you actually like and have things in common with, not just someone "hot".