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Why is this news? If Gates had lunch with her would anyone give a fuck? Sex is a basic human need just like eating.

by drummer 5y ago

qzw 5y ago
Everything is about sex, except sex, which is about power. — Oscar Wilde (maybe)
- deleted 5y ago
  [deleted]
- SMAAART 5y ago
  Everything is about money, except money, which is about sex. — Me
- kthejoker2 5y ago
  I ran down the original source as the noted sociolost Robert Michels https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/24100/what-is-the-original-source-of-everything-in-the-world-is-about-sex-except-sex https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/24100/what-is-t...
refulgentis 5y ago
Because the $XXX billionaire married key founder in a multi-trillion dollar leading industry was hitting on the help while married
- throwaway81523 5y ago
  He also did that before being married, i.e. Melinda was a Microsoft manager when she and Bill started dating.
  - refulgentis 5y ago
    Yes
elliekelly 5y ago
Sleep is a basic human need, too. But we all understand it’s usually inappropriate to attempt to fulfill that need at work. Same goes for sex.
- drummer 5y ago
  Um no, many people take a nap at work. Companies even have facilities for that. Why not sex?
mcny 5y ago
Would you say the same if you were in the back of a police patrol car and the officer “asked” you to have sex with them? The problem isn’t that they had sex. It is that someone in a position of power misused their power with an “implication”. Like someone at Google said to one of the co-founders (don’t want to name names, I’m going by memory from what I read online so probably not accurate) “they are your employees to work, not to fuck”.
- drummer 5y ago
  There was no abuse of power here as far as we know from the article. Again, if eating, recreation etc are ok, fucking should be as well. Basic human need, absolutely normal.
  - pseudalopex 5y ago
    "board members were concerned Mr. Gates's relationship with the woman had been inappropriate"
    - drummer 5y ago
      So? Their concern does not make it fact
      - pseudalopex 5y ago
        They know more than you about it though.

Why is this news? If Gates had lunch with her would anyone give a fuck? Sex is a basic human need just like eating.

qzw 5y ago

Everything is about sex, except sex, which is about power. — Oscar Wilde (maybe)

deleted 5y ago
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SMAAART 5y ago
Everything is about money, except money, which is about sex. — Me
kthejoker2 5y ago
I ran down the original source as the noted sociolost Robert Michels https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/24100/what-is-the-original-source-of-everything-in-the-world-is-about-sex-except-sex https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/24100/what-is-t...

refulgentis 5y ago

Because the $XXX billionaire married key founder in a multi-trillion dollar leading industry was hitting on the help while married

throwaway81523 5y ago
He also did that before being married, i.e. Melinda was a Microsoft manager when she and Bill started dating.
- refulgentis 5y ago
  Yes

elliekelly 5y ago

Sleep is a basic human need, too. But we all understand it’s usually inappropriate to attempt to fulfill that need at work. Same goes for sex.

drummer 5y ago
Um no, many people take a nap at work. Companies even have facilities for that. Why not sex?

mcny 5y ago

Would you say the same if you were in the back of a police patrol car and the officer “asked” you to have sex with them? The problem isn’t that they had sex. It is that someone in a position of power misused their power with an “implication”. Like someone at Google said to one of the co-founders (don’t want to name names, I’m going by memory from what I read online so probably not accurate) “they are your employees to work, not to fuck”.

drummer 5y ago
There was no abuse of power here as far as we know from the article. Again, if eating, recreation etc are ok, fucking should be as well. Basic human need, absolutely normal.
- pseudalopex 5y ago
  "board members were concerned Mr. Gates's relationship with the woman had been inappropriate"
  - drummer 5y ago
    So? Their concern does not make it fact
    - pseudalopex 5y ago
      They know more than you about it though.