1. Jessica was asked by a man if she was on her own or on a date
2. She responded that she co-founded Y-Combinator
3. He asked if she had some startups in her portfolio that other investors had overlooked, and asked for her contact details
4. She told him to contact PG
All that left her "shaken" - "'I’m not crazy, right?' she said. “He was hitting on me? He was offering to invest in our weaker companies as a way to get me on a date, right? Did that just happen? [...] Livingston said she wasn’t sure if this man was just flirting, actually attempting to talk investments, or offering venture funding for a date."
If that kind of interaction in public leaves someone "shaken" I struggle to understand how they manage go about their day without having a nervous breakdown.
She was spoken to by an unknown man, and politely dismissed him. How that is worthy of an entire news article leaves me shocked. I am not denying there are gender/harassment issues in tech, but this is hardly one of them.
EDIT: To clarify, as per one commenter's response, my shock is at the news article, not Jessica's (supposed) response.