{"id":44813,"date":"2023-10-20T15:38:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/the-elephant-in-silicon-valley-new-study-shines-light-on-sexism-and-harassment-in-the-startup-world-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:38:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:38:50","slug":"the-elephant-in-silicon-valley-new-study-shines-light-on-sexism-and-harassment-in-the-startup-world-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/the-elephant-in-silicon-valley-new-study-shines-light-on-sexism-and-harassment-in-the-startup-world-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe elephant in Silicon Valley\u201d: New study shines light on sexism and harassment in the startup world – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new study has shone a spotlight on women in tech\u2019s stories of sexual harassment, discrimination and exclusion in the startup world.<\/p>\n

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For the study the authors surveyed over 200 women working in or around Silicon Valley with at least 10 years of experience and found that 60% had experienced sexual harassment.<\/p>\n

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On the study\u2019s site, the authors say the purpose of it is to make this sort of information readily available for those in the industry.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat we realised is that while many women shared similar workplace stories, most men were simply shocked and unaware of the issues facing women in the workplace,\u201d the authors says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn an effort to correct the massive information disparity, we decided to get the data and the stories.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Other stats show that 90% of the women surveyed had witnessed sexist behaviour at industry conferences, one in three have felt afraid for their personal safety due to work-related circumstances and 60% of those that did report sexual harassment felt \u201cdissatisfied with the course of action\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Nearly 40% of those asked didn\u2019t report this behaviour because they \u201cthought it would negatively impact their career\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEach woman I talked to had some set of stories they wanted to share,\u201d co-author Trae Vassallo told Re\/Code<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe surprising thing for me was that in talking about it, I had an overwhelming number of women come back to me after that experience and say: \u2018Thank you for talking about it\u2026that is what I lived through\u2019.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt seemed like more than half of all the women I talked to had some horrific set of experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Other findings in the study include:<\/p>\n

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