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Comment by Spooky23 | Hacker News Reader

Is this type of behavior more pronounced in tech than other areas?

I have heard above incidents like this from women that I’m close to either by relation, personal friendship or professional relationship. But not from my accountant or teacher friends.

Anywhere I’ve worked has had zero tolerance for bullshit like this, as in you will be put on leave and terminated or banished from the premises. Maybe that’s unique?

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I have worked as contractor at an insurance and and advertising company for a few months each. In both cases things were much worse than anything I have ever seen in tech. Bosses getting one of their workers pregnant, a clear vendetta after being rejected, sexual comments left and right, sending dirty jokes to mailing lists. It seems most of the known incidents in tech involve some very rich or famous people on a power trip, not lowly workers.

My understanding is this happens everywhere. It happens when they walk down the street.

You just hear about it more in some places than others.

Did you not see what happened at USA gymnastics? Plenty of harrsssment has happened in the medical field, financial industry, etc. it’s quite pervasive in many areas even today sadly.

It being stated that it's zero tolerance and "well, give him one more chance b/c he's a top performer" [especially in small orgs with young employees </bias>] aren't quite the same thing. People are willing to make exceptions for their implicit biases.

Stating zero tolerance and giving someone 'one more chance' is called being complicit.

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