I don't understand why this is a tech industry issue? I can imagine this being a problem in all industries (esp. finance).
Douchebags aren't exclusive to the tech industry.
Because gender parity is far better in the finance industry than it is in technology, which is unique not merely among all careers but among science and math careers specifically for having a terrible gender imbalance.
Sexual harassment happens everywhere, but we care about about it in this field in particular because we are still trying to figure out and repair the imbalance. And, in addition, because sexual harassment of women in a male-dominated field is particularly toxic, due to the power imbalance.
Why is your first response to get defensive about the tech industry and not to respond to the problem in the post? If its a problem everywhere, fine -- we have a chance to make it less of a problem in the tech industry than everywhere else. Wouldn't that be something?
I'm not defending anyone, my point is that this is a societal problem.
How do you propose to change people's thinking? People in the our (tech) industry fight over coding standards, programming languages, frameworks etc.; good luck changing their outdated views on something that's been ingrained for years.
Sexual harassment happens everywhere, but we care about about it in this field in particular because we are still trying to figure out and repair the imbalance. And, in addition, because sexual harassment of women in a male-dominated field is particularly toxic, due to the power imbalance.