[jasonwocky]

What are you asking for, here? Documented cases...but not anecdotal evidence? Aren't documented cases all individually anecdotes?

> Can you share some of them?

Do you really want the parent to start listing cases of sexual harassment?

[mreiland]

That's a fallacy if I've ever seen one.

Documented sexual harassment is not the same claim that was being made above, specifically, that men will do things like forgo investing at an investment event purely because the woman is attractive.

And honestly, not even common sense bears that out, you would expect the man to invest unnecessarily in an effort to gain her attention.

[sukilot]

It isn't about forgoing investment, it is about clouding the judgmentused to evaluate the investment opportunity.

Imagine a goofy woman in torn clothing approached tmyou at a conference, with a business idea. Would you seriously consider its merits? Now consider someone whose sexual frustration hurts his ability to tell the difference between confident women in business attire from a seductress in party clothes.

Lest you think this is extreme, women report his behavior constantly. Compare even just a dorky tech guy wearing a silly tie, to a cute lady wearing a hot pink scarf that falls on her breasts. Note: for women, breasts are not optional attire.

[mreiland]

> It isn't about forgoing investment

Ok, great! That means you agree with the previous person who stated they didn't think that was well documented.

[Hytosys]

From what I understand, benihana rightfully has a problem with my specification of cases from within the field of software (see my reply). I do agree with you and stand by my usage of "documented" as unavoidably synonymous with "individually anecdotal".