Another showed the increasingly suggestive messages she had received from a startup investor. Saying anything, the women were warned, might lead to ostracism.Now some of these female entrepreneurs have decided to take that risk. More than two dozen women in the technology startup industry spoke to The Times in recent days about being sexually harassed. The new accounts underscore how sexual harassment in the tech startup ecosystem goes beyond one firm and is pervasive and ingrained. Pao lost the case, but it sparked a debate about whether women in tech should publicly call out unequal treatment.

Source: Economic Times July 01, 2017 11:04 UTC