Hsm/275 Week 2 Summary

There are two main employment law issues that can be seen in the quote provided above and throughout the article. In Silicon Valley there has been a huge uproar over sexual harassment between women and men in executive start up positions or by venture capitalist. Several companies in the Silicon Valley area have agreed that there is a large gender imbalance within the tech industry and in position such as engineering. In the article there is a discussion on females within the tech industry and positions with gender imbalance who are speaking up about sexual harassment and attempts to place them in a quid pro quo situations that were ignored by companies or whom were forced to keep quiet to keep their jobs or receive help needed. In the quote spoken by Lindsay she explains how she personally experienced sexual harassment not only because of her gender by also due to her race, and it was because of her sex and race that she felt there was a need to “tolerate” discriminatory behavior.
Many of these women worked for or founded companies with 15+ employees working in the public or private industry in interstate commerce allowing protection under Title VII as a protected class, sex and/or race. What came as a shock is how many woman spoke out and felt that due to their situation in life and wanting to succeed they felt these were situations they …show more content…
In these cases there would be no defenses against the companies. I found it shocking that even presently there is a known bias against women in certain industry and positions that high well-known corporate companies agreeing to. More surprising, the gratitude shown by women for the rising voices and agreement to a culture change where these actions are no longer