One of its most prominent early investors was Joe Kraus, a Silicon Valley veteran who is now at GV, Alphabet’s venture capital arm. Across the tech industry, sexual harassment appears to be ingrained. This and other surveys suggest that in some ways, Silicon Valley has not evolved much over 50 years, even as more and younger women arrived. Some young women said they did not expect much from Silicon Valley. Amanda Joan, a VR developer, said the “misogynistic and lewd culture” described in Ms. Scott’s suit was as common to Silicon Valley as heavy traffic and expensive housing.

Source: New York Times September 15, 2017 20:32 UTC