does she want to be treated like one of the guys or not?
Wonder how much the law firm she representing her lost on that one. I hope a lot.
Excellent.
We had one of these women work here. Total feminist and everything was about how women were not treated equally. Very strange person. The men in the firm were scared to work with her because they were worried that if there was any problem they would be sued for sexual harassment.
Eventually the firm terminated her. She then threatened to sue for sexual harassment and discrimination. We went back to her prior firm and they confessed that they she had in fact had previously sued that firm for sexual harassment and harassment when she had been terminated there. That fact had not been disclosed to us by either her or her prior employer. (Their settlement agreement said that the whole matter would be kept confidential.)
We then threatened to counter-sue both her and her prior employer for fraud. She eventually dropped her claim against us, I think because we threatened to expose her actions in public.
I am frankly surprised she lost. I did not think she had such a strong case, but this is the Bay Area, and oooh, it would be historic.
Surprised.
From http://www.courthousenews.com/2015/03/27/silicon-valley-firm-wins-gender-bias-suit.htm Courthouse News Service:
“After the verdict, Pao - who worked for Kleiner Perkins from 2005 to 2012 and is now the interim CEO at Reddit - gave a brief statement to a room full of reporters.
“If I’ve helped level the playing field for women and minorities in venture capitalism then the battle was worth it,” she said.””
Also...Pao has a degree in electrical engineering from Princeton, and a Harvard Law degree and Harvard MBA.
She should check her privilege.