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'I'm a creep. I'm sorry.' Another tech investor apologizes for mistreating women
CNN = Certainly Not News ^

Posted on 07/03/2017 7:55:15 AM PDT by qwerty1234

Another powerful tech investor is apologizing for his inappropriate behavior toward women in the industry. "I made advances toward multiple women in work-related situations, where it was clearly inappropriate," Dave McClure, the cofounder of accelerator and investment firm 500 Startups, wrote in a post he titled "I'm a creep. I'm sorry." A day earlier, "Shark Tank" star and venture capitalist Chris Sacca, an early investor in Twitter and Uber, admitted that he has contributed to tech's sexist culture. The admissions come on the heels of a disturbing story about Binary Capital investor Justin Caldbeck. Six female founders, three of whom were identified by name, shared stories of interactions with Caldbeck with The Information just over a week ago. The story lit a fire in Silicon Valley, prompting more women to come forward with their stories of tech's problematic power dynamics. McClure is the latest to be at the center of this issue.

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: genderwars; predator; sexist; tech; trump; workplace
These are the very same liberal snowflakes that ALL have been extremely critical of Trump and republicans in general - and put on my surprised face- we find out that they are the very people that prey on young women using their power and money for their own gratification...what else would you expect from SF liberals?
1 posted on 07/03/2017 7:55:15 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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To: qwerty1234

What’s wrong with trying to pick up chicks?

They say no, move on.

They say yes, cool.


2 posted on 07/03/2017 7:59:35 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Eddie01

I don’t understand certain things.

So now we’re saying there’s a “sexist” culture in the tech world, because so many men are there?

So now, men in that world need to “confess” their alleged transgressions, because-—because why?

To prove that they are “liberal” and “politically correct” and “sensitive to women’s needs” or what the heck is the reason for this in the first place???


3 posted on 07/03/2017 8:01:33 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: qwerty1234

He should just say, “It’s no big deal, I modeled my life after our great democrat president, Bill Clinton. The media didn’t have a problem with it when he was president. Are we regressing as a society and getting more sexually repressed?”


4 posted on 07/03/2017 8:01:55 AM PDT by Codeflier (Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama - 4 democrat presidents in a row and counting...)
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To: qwerty1234

What isn’t inappropriate behavior toward women now days?.


5 posted on 07/03/2017 8:03:51 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: Codeflier

I think you hit the nail on the head.

And as far as the “sexual revolution” is concerned, we’re supposed to all welcome all kinds of sexual behavior, any number of partners, partners of either sex, for example.

So what is their beef exactly?


6 posted on 07/03/2017 8:04:52 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

There was a glorious time in this country when a man could have decanters of scotch on a mahogany wet bar in his office.

His secretary’s job description was schedule meetings, take dictation and have regular sex with her married boss.

Feminism has screwed up everything!


7 posted on 07/03/2017 8:08:08 AM PDT by Eddie01 (getting ready to duck)
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To: qwerty1234

Silly tech investor... sex with subordinates only works out in porn movies.


8 posted on 07/03/2017 8:23:40 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Eddie01

Ah, the old Bill Clinton sexual evolution that no one gives him credit for:
Hillary Clinton: he would screw a snake;
Juanita B........ rapes, “put some ice on it”, advice;
Paula Jones...... hotel room, instructs her to “Kiss It”;
Kathleen Wiley,(recently Widowed)cops a feel when asked for help;
Monica...... redemption, God is good, opportunity knocks at Oval Office door.
Halleluiah.


9 posted on 07/03/2017 8:26:25 AM PDT by BilLies (Judge Excoriates Two Hearst Executives http://yale64.org/news/white.htm)
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To: qwerty1234
"So whaddya say baby, how about I insert my solid state hard drive into your USB port?"


10 posted on 07/03/2017 8:35:15 AM PDT by bar sin·is·ter
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To: qwerty1234

A friend of mine works at a start-up. Everyone is male there - and they make Trump’s locker room talk look tame. Their lawyer told them to NEVER hire a woman as they would get immediately sued - so they will not do so. And if they go IPO, it will be an all male millionaires club.

I guess that’s called ‘the consequences’ of our left-wing society.


11 posted on 07/03/2017 8:35:40 AM PDT by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
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Dating for men in Silicon Valley is really tough.
5-1 ratio of available men to women.
Work demands require you to constantly work.
Great shopping for women if you can afford to live there.


12 posted on 07/03/2017 8:39:59 AM PDT by Zathras
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“Work demands require you to constantly work.”

I suspect this is the primary reason for:

“5-1 ratio of available men to women.”

Despite every effort to “diversify” STEM fields, in the end, too many women don’t want that lifestyle - not just working like a man, but working like the most motivated men. Much easier to settle down in a much less demanding job and b!tch about how much more the motivated men earn...


13 posted on 07/03/2017 9:16:18 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: qwerty1234

Wealthy guys chasing women. There’s something new. :-)


14 posted on 07/03/2017 9:48:19 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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