"Anyway, whatever, her reputation is kinda ruined now" I think her position, which was originally extremely weak, has been reinforced by the large misogynistic

"Anyway, whatever, her reputation is kinda ruined now" I think her position, which was originally extremely weak, has been reinforced by the large misogynistic response. She's a public speaker, and once people forget about her offense, she'll roll this into five years of lunches, keynotes, corporate re-education, and books. This backlash has given her a level of credibility as an expert on gender-based harassment that she would not be able to attain on her own merits. She needs no academic background after this. She needs no list of petty "I thought of a four year old girl..." stories.