You're right that it shouldn't ever have to be the main reason, my point merely is that the punishment is a critical threat to your business, which is something

You're right that it shouldn't ever have to be the main reason, my point merely is that the punishment is a critical threat to your business, which is something that I think would strike home even among the most misogynistic members of the tech crowd. You're wrong about it requiring repeated events [1] [1] http://www.connellfoley.com/seminar/employharass.html http://www.connellfoley.com/seminar/employharass.html - Search in the page for 'Taylor v. Metzger'. (IANAL, but it's usually better to be safe than sorry when it comes to not being an idiot.)